district in Heerlen
De Koumen
De Koumen has 1 neighbourhoods with 30 residents in total.
Short answer: The district has 1 neighbourhood with 30 residents in total.
Key figures for De Koumen
- residents
- 30
- neighbourhoods
- 1
- km² of land
- 1.5
How De Koumen scores
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Who lives here
De Koumen has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
40% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18 — 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 De Koumen, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in De Koumen
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