district in Sittard-Geleen
Geleen
Geleen has 7 neighbourhoods with 31,325 residents in total.
Geleen is one of the former mining towns within Sittard-Geleen, seven neighbourhoods and just over 31,000 residents from Lindenheuvel to Geleen-Zuid. Amenities still manage 8.6, but the post-war mining legacy weighs on the rest: wealth and income 3.2, safety 3.5. Quiet and nature hold up best at 5.2, though even that sits under the middle. With a 3.9 overall, this is a district wrestling with decline and ageing.
no. 7 of the 8 districts of Sittard-Geleen
Short answer: Geleen scores 3.9 as a district of Sittard-Geleen, no. 7 of the 8 districts of Sittard-Geleen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oud-Geleen en Haesselderveld (5.2), the worst Geleen-Noord (2.8). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 31,325 residents in total.
Key figures for Geleen
- residents
- 31,325
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 19.6
How Geleen 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, 1,722 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 Geleen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+26%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
45% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,992 — 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 Geleen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Geleen
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Neighbourhoods in Geleen
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