district in Laarbeek
Beek en Donk
Beek en Donk has 5 neighbourhoods with 11,055 residents in total.
Beek en Donk, two villages grown together in the Brabant municipality of Laarbeek, together have five neighbourhoods and over 11,000 residents. Safety (7.1) scores highest, followed by quiet and nature (6.5) and amenities (6.9). The overall comes to 6.8. Wealth and income is the most modest at 5.5. A quiet, green village with a mostly balanced profile.
no. 4 of the 4 districts of Laarbeek
Short answer: Beek en Donk scores 7.7 as a district of Laarbeek, no. 4 of the 4 districts of Laarbeek. Its strongest neighbourhood is Beek (8.5), the worst Bedrijventerrein Beekerheide (5.5). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 11,055 residents in total.
Key figures for Beek en Donk
- residents
- 11,055
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 16.5
How Beek en Donk 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, 296 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.
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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.
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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 Beek en Donk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,747 — 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 Beek en Donk, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Beek en Donk
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Beek en Donk.
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Neighbourhoods in Beek en Donk
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