district in Culemborg
Culemborg Oost
Culemborg Oost has 11 neighbourhoods with 17,175 residents in total.
In the east of Culemborg lie eleven neighbourhoods and just over 17,000 residents, from the old town to the sustainable Lanxmeer district. Amenities reach 8.6, with the historic centre within reach. The overall comes to 6.3, with safety just below at 6.4. Wealth and income stalls at 5.6, and quiet and nature does the same. Families land on 8.5. A mixed river town that combines old fortifications with ecological new-build.
no. 2 of the 2 districts of Culemborg
Short answer: Culemborg Oost scores 7.8 as a district of Culemborg, no. 2 of the 2 districts of Culemborg. Its strongest neighbourhood is Voorkoop Noord (10.0), the lowest-scoring Ter Weijde Componistenbuurt (6.2). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 17,175 residents in total.
Key figures for Culemborg Oost
- residents
- 17,175
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 7.8
How Culemborg 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.
In 2025, 583 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Culemborg Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,012 — 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 Culemborg Oost, weighted by population.
The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Culemborg Oost
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Culemborg Oost.
Neighbourhoods in Culemborg Oost
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