Neighbourhood Oeloven

Neighbourhood in district Brunssum-Oost · municipality Brunssum · Limburg

  • 397 homes
  • 990 inhabitants
  • avg. year of construction 1969
  • avg. WOZ € 278.000

Boundary according to the CBS district and neighbourhood map 2024. Zoom in for individual homes; click a home for details. Open in the properties map

Homes in Oeloven

Homes
397
addresses with residential function (BAG)
Average build year
1969
Average living area
158 m²
Housing stock (CBS)
383
2025

Home type

  • Semi-detached house 43% 172
  • Detached 27% 108
  • Mid-terrace house 15% 59
  • End-terrace house 13% 53
  • Apartment 1% 5

Energy label

  • A or better 8% 31
  • B 6% 25
  • C 16% 65
  • D 22% 87
  • E 9% 34
  • F 27% 107
  • G 6% 23
  • No label 6% 25

Building period

  • Built before 1945 8% 30
  • 1945–1969 45% 180
  • 1970–1989 34% 134
  • 1990–2009 3% 12
  • 2010 and later 10% 41

Residents

Residents
990
January 1, 2025
Households
370
avg. 2,3 people
One-person households
24%
Households with children
34%
Population density
3.035
inhabitants per km²
Area
0,3 km²

Age distribution

  • 0–15 years 13% 125
  • 15–25 years 7% 70
  • 25–45 years 19% 185
  • 45–65 years 25% 250
  • 65 years and older 36% 355

Housing and value

Average WOZ value
€ 278.000
CBS 2024
Owner-occupied homes
87%
Rental homes
12%
5% housing association
Single-family homes
98%
2% multi-family
Built in the last 10 years
6%
Unoccupied properties
4%
New build in the year
3
delivered homes

The WOZ value is the average of all homes in the area (valuation date January 1 of the previous year), not the market value of a specific property.

Energy

Avg. electricity consumption
3.260 kWh
per dwelling per year
Avg. feed-in
1.180 kWh
solar power per home
Avg. gas consumption
950 m³
per dwelling per year
Homes with solar panels
51%
Gas-free
7%
District heating
6%
Mainly electrically heated
7%
Heating (WarmteAtlas)
92% central heating, 1% block, 4% district heating, 2% electric
2022
Geothermal potential
Ongunstig
Slochteren formation

Consumption is the average of all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the label distribution is shown under "Woningen".

Amenities and accessibility

Large supermarket
1,1 km
avg. distance
General practice
1,0 km
avg. distance
Primary school
800 m
avg. distance
Daycare
800 m
avg. distance
Schools within 3 km
6
Urbanity
Moderately urban
1.305 addresses per km²
Cars per household
1,3
477 passenger cars
Company locations
60
of which 5 retail and hospitality

Road distances, averaged for all residents of the area (CBS).

Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green

Average noise level (Lden)
58 dB
municipality 54 dB
Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
15%
municipality 24%
Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
0%
Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
69%
municipality 8%
Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
0%
's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
0%
municipality 6%

Noise level of the 397 homes

  • 56–60 dB: busy 97% 385
  • 61–65 dB: noisy 3% 12

Flooding

Homes that may flood
0%
municipality 0%
Of which more than 0.5 m water
0%
Of which more than 2 m water
0%
Maximum water depth
none

Air, light and green

NO₂
9,0 µg/m³
1% above WHO advice (10)
PM2,5
7,5 µg/m³
100% above WHO recommendation (5)
PM10
12,8 µg/m³
0% above WHO advice (15)
Night lighting
Dimmed
municipality: dim
Green within 500 m
51%
municipality 48%

Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.

Climate and safety

Apparent temperature on a hot day
46 °C
extreme heat stress
Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
98%
municipality 93%
Urban heat island effect
1,2–1,4 °C
on average warmer than the surrounding area
Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
98%
municipality 86%
Dry floor at the most severe flood
100%
Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
100%
municipality 100%
Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
18%
municipality 19%
Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
0%
municipality 0%
Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
0%
municipality 0%

Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.

Safety

Crimes per 1,000 inhabitants
22
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Registered crimes
22
-29% vs. the previous year
Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
2,5
1 burglary
Municipality
52
per 1,000 inhabitants
Netherlands
45
per 1,000 inhabitants

Types of crimes (last 12 months)

  • Vernieling 14% 3
  • Woninginbraak 5% 1
  • Autodiefstal 5% 1
  • Bedreiging 5% 1
  • Drugshandel 5% 1

Per year

  1. 262021
  2. 242022
  3. 162023
  4. 342024
  5. 232025

Source: police, registered crimes per area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Per 1,000 inhabitants based on the area's population; not every crime is reported.

Liveability

Good Liveability meter 2024

very insufficientexcellent

Liveability
Good
class 7 of 9, measurement 2024
Score
4,17
+0,07 vs. the national average
Since the previous measurement
+0,07
measurement 2022: More than sufficient
Municipality
More than sufficient
score 4,08

Five dimensions, deviation from the national average

  • Physical environment green, water, buildings, noise +0,02 sufficient
  • Housing stock type, construction year, ownership +0,03 sufficient
  • Amenities shops, schools, healthcare, public transport −0,05 weak
  • Social cohesion population composition, relocations +0,03 sufficient
  • Nuisance and insecurity crime and nuisance +0,04 more than sufficient

Source: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, CC0), biennial estimate based on over a hundred characteristics; the score expresses how residents rate livability on average. Negative = below the national average.

Soil and foundation

Soil subsidence (total)
−1,2 mm per year
municipality +1,4 mm
Soil subsidence (shallow)
−0,5 mm per year
peat and clay that subside

Source: Klimaateffectatlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): subsidence from satellite measurements (Bodemdalingskaart), foundation risk per neighbourhood (Deltares/KCAF, share of homes with wooden piles or on slab at risk). A neighbourhood average, not a statement about a single property.

Income and work

Median household wealth
€ 182.200
Net labour participation
68%
from 15 to 75 years
Self-employed
8%
of the working population
Top 20% incomes
19%
share of people (nationally 20%)