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Brunssum-Oost

Brunssum-Oost has 11 neighbourhoods with 4,310 residents in total.

Bottom 30% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 4 of the 5 districts of Brunssum

Short answer: Brunssum-Oost scores 4.7 as a district of Brunssum, no. 4 of the 5 districts of Brunssum. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oeloven (7.8), the worst Kleikoelen (2.7). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 4,310 residents in total.

Key figures for Brunssum-Oost

residents
4,310
neighbourhoods
11
km² of land
5.6

How Brunssum-Oost 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.
Total crime
32.9 per 1,000
Violent crime
3.9 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.8 per 1,000
Property crime
10.5 per 1,000
Vandalism
4.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 168 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in BrunssumThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Brunssum

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
1.2 km
GP practice
0.6 km
Train station
7.6 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Hospital
1.0 km
Café
0.9 km
Library
1.8 km
Motorway ramp
1.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Brunssum

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.
Property value
€ 225,847
Welfare recipients
42.5 per 1,000
High incomes
9%
Low incomes
48%
Vacancy
4%
Owner-occupied
60%
Social housing
33%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
89%
Built after 2000
9%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Brunssum

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
4,155 inw/km²
Noise level
52 dB
Green surroundings
53%
Trees nearby
20%
Water share
0%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
1,369
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.6 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Brunssum

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.8 km
Households with children
34%
Childcare
0.8 km
Secondary school
1.8 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Brunssum

Who lives here

The age profile of Brunssum-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4523%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6527%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+24%

    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

    2.1smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    37%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    34%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    4,155far 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 Brunssum-Oost, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Brunssum-Oost

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Brunssum-Oost.

Neighbourhoods in Brunssum-Oost

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Oeloven7.8
  2. 2Rode Beek5.6
  3. 3Schuttersveld4.1
  4. 4Bouwberg4.0
  5. 5Op gen Hoes3.8
  6. 6De Eggen3.7
  7. 7Kleikoelen2.7
  8. De Heide
  9. De Kattekoelen
  10. Hendrik en omgeving
  11. Ora et Labora