district in Eijsden-Margraten
Eijsden
Eijsden has 7 neighbourhoods with 9,700 residents in total.
Eijsden lies in the far south against the Belgian border, seven neighbourhoods and over 9,700 residents around Eijsden-Breust and Mariadorp in Eijsden-Margraten. The scores are broad and high: safety 8.7, quiet and nature 6.5, amenities 7.7 and wealth 6.3. Not a single pillar falls below the middle. With an overall of 8.6, this Maas village with its Limburg setting ranks among the best-scoring in the set.
no. 1 of the 6 districts of Eijsden-Margraten
Short answer: Eijsden scores 8.6 as a district of Eijsden-Margraten, no. 1 of the 6 districts of Eijsden-Margraten. Its strongest neighbourhood is Mariadorp-Beezepool (9.5), the worst Oost (5.9). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 9,700 residents in total.
Key figures for Eijsden
- residents
- 9,700
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 16
How Eijsden 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, 237 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.
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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.
Tick = Dutch median
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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 Eijsden looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
27% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,608 — far less 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 Eijsden, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Eijsden
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Eijsden.
Lowest grades
Neighbourhoods in Eijsden
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