district in Sittard-Geleen
Overhoven
Overhoven has 8 neighbourhoods with 18,540 residents in total.
Overhoven, together with Kemperkoul, Baandert and Stadbroek, gathers eight neighbourhoods and just over 18,000 residents in Sittard. Amenities hold up best at 7.4. The rest stays below the median: safety 5.1, quiet and nature 5.6, wealth and income 3.6 and a 3.6 overall. A post-war Limburg district where the level of amenities runs ahead of the living climate.
no. 6 of the 8 districts of Sittard-Geleen
Short answer: Overhoven scores 4.2 as a district of Sittard-Geleen, no. 6 of the 8 districts of Sittard-Geleen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Kemperkoul (5.6), the worst Industrieterrein Noord (2.8). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 18,540 residents in total.
Key figures for Overhoven
- residents
- 18,540
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 7.9
How Overhoven 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, 704 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 Overhoven looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
44% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,295 — 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 Overhoven, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Overhoven
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Neighbourhoods in Overhoven
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