district in Horst aan de Maas
Horst
Horst has 12 neighbourhoods with 13,460 residents in total.
Horst is the main core of Horst aan de Maas in northern Limburg, 13,460 residents across twelve neighbourhoods from the Molenveld to De Afhang. Amenities reach 8.0 here and safety 6.6, and the overall lands on 6.4. The other pillars hold the middle: quiet and nature at 4.3, and wealth at 5.2. A Limburg village that comes out just around the national median on most fronts.
no. 8 of the 16 districts of Horst aan de Maas
Short answer: Horst scores 6.4 as a district of Horst aan de Maas, no. 8 of the 16 districts of Horst aan de Maas. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Afhang (9.1), the worst Horst-Centrum (2.9). The district has 12 neighbourhoods with 13,460 residents in total.
Key figures for Horst
- residents
- 13,460
- neighbourhoods
- 12
- km² of land
- 18.5
How Horst 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, 519 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
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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 Horst looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,565 — 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 Horst, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Horst
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