district in Brummen
Eerbeek
Eerbeek has 11 neighbourhoods with 10,215 residents in total.
Eerbeek lies among the Veluwe woods in the municipality of Brummen, eleven neighbourhoods around the Eerbeekse Enk and Lombok, together over 10,200 residents. This is a district without sharp edges: safety 6.7, amenities 6.3, quiet and nature 6.0 and wealth and income 5.5. No pillar truly disappoints, none stands out. The overall of 6.2 marks a balanced paper-mill town where industry and greenery sit side by side.
no. 5 of the 6 districts of Brummen
Short answer: Eerbeek scores 6.2 as a district of Brummen, no. 5 of the 6 districts of Brummen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Wilhelminapark (8.5), the worst Werfakker (3.9). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 10,215 residents in total.
Key figures for Eerbeek
- residents
- 10,215
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 17.1
How Eerbeek scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 254 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Eerbeek looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
29% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,215 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade. Average of the neighbourhoods in Eerbeek, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Eerbeek
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Neighbourhoods in Eerbeek
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