district in Kerkrade
Kerkrade-Oost
Kerkrade-Oost has 6 neighbourhoods with 18,115 residents in total.
Everything close by, little to spend
Kerkrade-Oost gathers the centre with areas like Bleijerheide and Nulland, six neighbourhoods and just over 18,000 residents. Amenities reach 8.8, but the rest of the figures are low: wealth and income 2.7, quiet and nature 5.7 and safety 4.0. The overall comes to 3.9, among the lowest in this set. An old East Limburg mining town still feeling the closure of the pits.
no. 3 of the 3 districts of Kerkrade
Short answer: Kerkrade-Oost scores 3.9 as a district of Kerkrade, no. 3 of the 3 districts of Kerkrade. Its strongest neighbourhood is Erenstein (4.5), the worst Bleijerheide (3.3). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 18,115 residents in total.
Key figures for Kerkrade-Oost
- residents
- 18,115
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 5.6
How Kerkrade-Oost 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, 939 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.
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Who lives here
Kerkrade-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
48% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,687 — 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 Kerkrade-Oost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Kerkrade-Oost
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Neighbourhoods in Kerkrade-Oost
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