district in Helmond
't Hout
't Hout has 5 neighbourhoods with 11,170 residents in total.
't Hout is a residential district on the west side of Helmond, split into five neighbourhoods with over 11,000 residents. Amenities reach the highest mark at 7.8, followed by quiet and nature (5.2), safety (5.9) and overall (5.2). Wealth and income is the most modest at 4.7. A well-served district with a weaker side mainly on wealth and income.
no. 7 of the 12 districts of Helmond
Short answer: 't Hout scores 6.3 as a district of Helmond, no. 7 of the 12 districts of Helmond. Its strongest neighbourhood is Akkers (8.2), the worst Groot Goor (4.0). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 11,170 residents in total.
Key figures for 't Hout
- residents
- 11,170
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 4.9
How 't Hout 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, 382 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
The age profile of 't Hout looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,694 — 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 't Hout, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of 't Hout
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of 't Hout.
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Neighbourhoods in 't Hout
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