district in Meierijstad
Schijndel
Schijndel has 29 neighbourhoods with 24,055 residents in total.
Schijndel is one of the towns making up Meierijstad, its 29 neighbourhoods carving up just over 24,000 residents around the Boschweg and Hoevenbraak with unusual fineness. Safety scores 6.8 and amenities 6.4, sound Brabant figures. Wealth (6.2) and quiet and nature (4.8) hold around the middle, and the families grade gives 7.2. With a 6.5 overall, this is a down-to-earth village town without any great strengths or weaknesses.
no. 3 of the 4 districts of Meierijstad
Short answer: Schijndel scores 6.5 as a district of Meierijstad, no. 3 of the 4 districts of Meierijstad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Plein 3 (9.6), the worst Duin 1 (2.7). The district has 29 neighbourhoods with 24,055 residents in total.
Key figures for Schijndel
- residents
- 24,055
- neighbourhoods
- 29
- km² of land
- 41.5
How Schijndel 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, 767 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 Schijndel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,008 — 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 Schijndel, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Schijndel
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Schijndel.
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Neighbourhoods in Schijndel
Sorted by total grade
- 1Plein 39.6
- 2Schijndel Centrum 49.6
- 3De Borne 29.1
- 4Hulzebraak8.7
- 5Hopstraat8.7
- 6Plein 27.9
- 7Buitengebied Rooiseheide7.8
- 8Wijbosch7.7
- 9De Borne 17.7
- 10Buitengebied Elderbroek7.5
- 11Buitengebied Broekkant7.1
- 12Grevekeur6.9
- 13Plein 16.8
- 14Schijndel Centrum 36.5
- 15De Beemd 16.4
- 16Buitengebied Oetelaar6.3
- 17Boschweg Zuidwest6.1
- 18Buitengebied Vlagheide6.1
- 19De Beemd 36.0
- 20Buitengebied Steeg6.0
- 21Boschweg Noordoost5.2
- 22Hoevenbraak4.8
- 23Buitengebied Molendijk4.3
- 24Schijndel Centrum 24.2
- 25Molendijk4.1
- 26Rooiseheide4.1
- 27Schijndel Centrum 13.3
- 28Duin 12.7
- –Duin 2