district in Eindhoven
Oud-Stratum
Oud-Stratum has 8 neighbourhoods with 12,290 residents in total.
Oud-Stratum, a pre-war district in Eindhoven, presents a mixed picture. Amenities (8.6) clearly do well, and wealth & income holds just above the middle at 5.8. Safety (4.7) and especially quiet & nature (3.0) trail well behind. Eight neighbourhoods hold over 12,000 residents. The 4.6 overall reflects a busy, somewhat cluttered district where quiet and safety weigh the picture down.
no. 10 of the 20 districts of Eindhoven
Short answer: Oud-Stratum scores 4.6 as a district of Eindhoven, no. 10 of the 20 districts of Eindhoven. Its strongest neighbourhood is Elzent-Zuid (7.2), the worst Bloemenplein (3.1). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 12,290 residents in total.
Key figures for Oud-Stratum
- residents
- 12,290
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 2
How Oud-Stratum 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, 668 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.
Tick = Dutch median
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
Oud-Stratum has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4538%
NL median 22%
- 45–6519%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
1.6 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,307 — 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 Oud-Stratum, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oud-Stratum
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Neighbourhoods in Oud-Stratum
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