district in Peel en Maas
Kessel-Eik
Kessel-Eik has 2 neighbourhoods with 830 residents in total.
no. 8 of the 11 districts of Peel en Maas
Short answer: Kessel-Eik scores 5.6 as a district of Peel en Maas, no. 8 of the 11 districts of Peel en Maas. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Buitengebied Spurkt-Hei-Weerd (7.0). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 830 residents in total.
Key figures for Kessel-Eik
- residents
- 830
- neighbourhoods
- 2
- km² of land
- 7.8
How Kessel-Eik 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, 39 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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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 Kessel-Eik looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
401 — far less 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 Kessel-Eik, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Kessel-Eik
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