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district in Valkenburg aan de Geul

: Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg

: Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg has 7 neighbourhoods with 1,415 residents in total.

Bottom 39% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 4 of the 6 districts of Valkenburg aan de Geul

Short answer: : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg scores 5.4 as a district of Valkenburg aan de Geul, no. 4 of the 6 districts of Valkenburg aan de Geul. Its strongest neighbourhood is Schoonbron (6.7), the worst Strucht (4.0). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 1,415 residents in total.

Key figures for : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg

residents
1,415
neighbourhoods
7
km² of land
6.7

How : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg 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.
Total crime
27.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.8 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.4 per 1,000
Property crime
14.2 per 1,000
Vandalism
1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 53 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.
Supermarket
3.0 km
GP practice
2.8 km
Train station
0.9 km
Restaurant
0.2 km
Hospital
9.8 km
Café
1.1 km
Library
2.4 km
Motorway ramp
0.2 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Valkenburg aan de Geul

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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.
Property value
€ 356,931
Welfare recipients
0.0 per 1,000
High incomes
18%
Low incomes
40%
Vacancy
7%
Owner-occupied
75%
Social housing
11%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
84%
Built after 2000
3%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,012 inw/km²
Noise level
48 dB
Green surroundings
80%
Trees nearby
11%
Water share
2%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
284
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.0 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Valkenburg aan de Geul

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
2.5 km
Households with children
28%
Childcare
2.3 km
Secondary school
5.7 km
Residents under 15
12%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Valkenburg aan de Geul

Who lives here

: Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1512%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–259%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4520%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6531%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+30%

    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

    2.0smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    36%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    28%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    985far 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 : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg.

Neighbourhoods in : Schin op Geul - Oud-Valkenburg

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Schoonbron6.7
  2. 2Schin op Geul5.8
  3. 3Oud-Valkenburg4.1
  4. 4Strucht4.0
  5. Keutenberg - Sousberg
  6. De Kluis
  7. Gerendal