district in Meierijstad
Veghel
Veghel has 33 neighbourhoods with 34,810 residents in total.
Veghel is the industrious core of Meierijstad, its thirty-odd neighbourhoods around the centre and Laarbunders making it the most fragmented district in this set, with nearly 35,000 residents. Safety scores 7.4, the strongest of its pillar marks, and for families it reads 7.7. Amenities (5.5) lag a little for a place this size; income comes to 6.2 and open space to 4.4. With a 6.4 overall, this is a down-to-earth working town with no pretensions.
no. 4 of the 4 districts of Meierijstad
Short answer: Veghel scores 6.4 as a district of Meierijstad, no. 4 of the 4 districts of Meierijstad. Its strongest neighbourhood is Leest Noord (9.1), the worst Veghel Centrum (2.7). The district has 33 neighbourhoods with 34,810 residents in total.
Key figures for Veghel
- residents
- 34,810
- neighbourhoods
- 33
- km² of land
- 42.6
How Veghel 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, 1,079 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 Veghel looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
34% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,839 — 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 Veghel, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Veghel
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Veghel.
Highest grades
Neighbourhoods in Veghel
Sorted by total grade
- 1Leest Noord9.1
- 2De Scheifelaar8.8
- 3Bunderse Hoek Noord8.7
- 4Mariaheide8.4
- 5Oude ontginning8.2
- 6't Ven West8.0
- 7Busselbunders7.7
- 8't Ven Oost7.6
- 9Laarbunders7.5
- 10Zijtaart7.1
- 11Eerde7.0
- 12Hoogeinde7.0
- 13Veghel Zuid 26.9
- 14Erpseweg Zuid6.6
- 15Koolenkampen en Iepenlaan6.4
- 16Buitengebied Zijtaart6.4
- 17Oranjewijk en Dorsveld6.2
- 18Heibunders6.2
- 19Buitengebied Mariaheide6.0
- 20Bunderse Hoek Zuid5.9
- 21Buitengebied Eerde5.9
- 22Leest5.3
- 23Buitengebied Driehuizen en Hazelberg5.3
- 24Buitengebied Sportpark en Dorshout5.3
- 25Vijverwijk5.2
- 26Veghel Zuid 15.1
- 27Buitengebied Jekschot5.0
- 28Buitengebied Heuvel en Havelt4.7
- 29Amert en Binnenveld4.6
- 30Bloemenwijk3.6
- 31Veghel Centrum2.7
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