district in Son en Breugel
Son
Son has 5 neighbourhoods with 13,315 residents in total.
Son en Breugel lies just north of Eindhoven on the Dommel, 13,315 residents, of whom Son forms the largest core, across five neighbourhoods. The numbers are strong across the board: wealth scores 7.9 and quiet and nature 8.5, lifting the overall to 8.3. Amenities are the weakest pillar at 5.9, in keeping with the village character. Safety follows on a tidy 7.2.
no. 2 of the 2 districts of Son en Breugel
Short answer: Son scores 8.5 as a district of Son en Breugel, no. 2 of the 2 districts of Son en Breugel. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Gentiaan (9.8), the worst Industrieterrein Ekkersrijt (3.3). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 13,315 residents in total.
Key figures for Son
- residents
- 13,315
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 19.5
How Son 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, 588 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.
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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.
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Son looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,125 — 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 Son, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Son
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Son.
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Neighbourhoods in Son
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