district in Maashorst
Uden
Uden has 21 neighbourhoods with 37,730 residents in total.
Uden forms the urban core of the Maashorst municipality, twenty-one neighbourhoods and just over 37,000 residents around the centre and Hoenderbos-Velmolen. The scores cluster tightly near the middle: amenities 6.6, safety 6.0, quiet and nature 4.4 and a 6.2 overall, just under the national median. Only wealth and income lags, at 5.8. A balanced Brabant town with no swings up or down.
no. 6 of the 6 districts of Maashorst
Short answer: Uden scores 6.2 as a district of Maashorst, no. 6 of the 6 districts of Maashorst. Its strongest neighbourhood is Buurtschap Hoeven (9.4), the worst Flatwijk (2.7). The district has 21 neighbourhoods with 37,730 residents in total.
Key figures for Uden
- residents
- 37,730
- neighbourhoods
- 21
- km² of land
- 36.9
How Uden 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, 2,006 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 Uden looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,069 — 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 Uden, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Uden
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Uden.
Highest grades
Lowest grades
Neighbourhoods in Uden
Sorted by total grade
- 1Buurtschap Hoeven9.4
- 2Schutveld9.2
- 3Hoenderbos-Velmolen8.7
- 4Moleneind-Groenewoud8.7
- 5Raam8.4
- 6Hoeven8.2
- 7Eikenheuvel8.1
- 8Buitengebied Maashorst6.4
- 9Melle6.1
- 10Zoggel5.8
- 11Buitengebied Uden-Oost5.8
- 12Loopkant-Liessent-Goorkens5.7
- 13Hoevenseveld5.2
- 14Bitswijk4.9
- 15Bogerd-Vijfhuis4.6
- 16Buitengebied Uden-Zuid4.5
- 17Buitengebied Uden-West4.4
- 18Vluchtoord4.0
- 19Sportpark Volkelseweg3.4
- 20Centrum2.8
- 21Flatwijk2.7