district in Valkenswaard
Dommelen
Dommelen has 7 neighbourhoods with 9,895 residents in total.
Dommelen, up against Valkenswaard, holds seven neighbourhoods and over 9,800 residents around Schepelweijen and Oud-Dommelen. Safety is the strongest pillar at 8.2, with quiet and nature following at 7.6. Wealth (6.3) and amenities (6.0) stay the most modest. With an overall of 8.2, Dommelen reads as a safe, green and easygoing Brabant residential village.
no. 1 of the 3 districts of Valkenswaard
Short answer: Dommelen scores 8.2 as a district of Valkenswaard, no. 1 of the 3 districts of Valkenswaard. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oud-Dommelen & Lage Heide (9.8), the worst De Belleman (4.6). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 9,895 residents in total.
Key figures for Dommelen
- residents
- 9,895
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 5.2
How Dommelen 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, 177 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.
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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.
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 Dommelen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
28% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,624 — 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 Dommelen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Dommelen
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Dommelen.
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Neighbourhoods in Dommelen
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