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Aarle-Rixtel

Aarle-Rixtel has 5 neighbourhoods with 5,900 residents in total.

Top 19% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 2 of the 4 districts of Laarbeek

Short answer: Aarle-Rixtel scores 8.6 as a district of Laarbeek, no. 2 of the 4 districts of Laarbeek. Its strongest neighbourhood is Aarle-Rixtel (8.9), the worst Verspreide huizen Heikant (5.9). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 5,900 residents in total.

Key figures for Aarle-Rixtel

residents
5,900
neighbourhoods
5
km² of land
13.2

How Aarle-Rixtel 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.
Total crime
16.1 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.8 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.7 per 1,000
Property crime
4.8 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 133 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.
Supermarket
0.7 km
GP practice
0.8 km
Train station
5.5 km
Restaurant
0.6 km
Hospital
3.7 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.1 km
Motorway ramp
2.3 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Laarbeek

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.
Property value
€ 459,461
Welfare recipients
6.9 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
40%
Vacancy
3%
Owner-occupied
70%
Social housing
22%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
88%
Built after 2000
19%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Laarbeek

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,938 inw/km²
Noise level
51 dB
Green surroundings
55%
Trees nearby
11%
Water share
2%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
605
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.7 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Laarbeek

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.7 km
Households with children
33%
Childcare
0.8 km
Secondary school
2.9 km
Residents under 15
13%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Laarbeek

Who lives here

Aarle-Rixtel has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1513%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2511%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4520%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6528%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+28%

    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

    2.3around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    30%around the average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    33%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,934less 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 Aarle-Rixtel, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Aarle-Rixtel

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Aarle-Rixtel.

Neighbourhoods in Aarle-Rixtel

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Aarle-Rixtel8.9
  2. 2Verspreide huizen Laar en Strijp7.3
  3. 3Bedrijventerrein Torenakker6.7
  4. 4Verspreide huizen Heikant5.9
  5. Bedrijventerrein Duivenakker