The population is shrinking, while it grows in the Netherlands. Homes cost less than the Dutch average, and registered crime per resident is higher.
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© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
The average WOZ value in Kerkrade is €214,000, 46% lower than in the Netherlands (€398,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 65%, against a rise of 89% in the Netherlands. 53% of the homes are owner-occupied, 4 percentage points less than in the Netherlands (57%).
The average WOZ value rose 65% between 2014 and 2025, to €214,000.
The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
In the Zuid-Limburg region (Q3 2026), half of all homes sold for more than €3,110/m², and 60% sold above the asking price.
Figures from NVM estate agents for Q3 2026
Of the homes sold in Zuid-Limburg in Q3 2026, half went for more than €3,110 per m² of living area and half for less. All dwelling types combined.
The final sale price in Zuid-Limburg came in 2.1% above the last asking price. Budget for that.
60% of the homes sold in Zuid-Limburg in Q3 2026 went for more than the asking price.
Sale price per m² by dwelling type
Figures from NVM estate agents covering existing owner-occupied homes in COROP region Zuid-Limburg, Q3 2026. A region spans dozens of municipalities, so this describes the surrounding market, not this street or this house.
Source: NVM Marktoverzicht 2026-Q3
Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€291 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Kerkrade's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 269th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.
Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.
Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026
Kerkrade has the lowest WOZ value of the 31 gemeenten in the province of Limburg.
Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)
Here: €214,000 average WOZ value.
| Value | Dwellings | Aged 65+ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerkrade | 214,000 | 24,035 | – |
| Beek (L.) | 319,000 | 7,581 | – |
| Beekdaelen | 327,000 | 16,915 | – |
| Beesel | 324,000 | 6,218 | – |
| Bergen (L.) | 358,000 | 5,887 | – |
| Brunssum | 237,000 | 14,527 | – |
| Echt-Susteren | 330,000 | 15,141 | – |
| Eijsden-Margraten | 408,000 | 11,727 | – |
| Gennep | 381,000 | 7,832 | – |
| Gulpen-Wittem | 357,000 | 6,936 | – |
| Heerlen | 214,000 | 46,795 | – |
| Horst aan de Maas | 368,000 | 18,910 | – |
| Landgraaf | 265,000 | 18,291 | – |
| Leudal | 363,000 | 16,412 | – |
| Maasgouw | 348,000 | 11,323 | – |
| Maastricht | 313,000 | 66,249 | – |
| Meerssen | 363,000 | 8,717 | – |
| Mook en Middelaar | 451,000 | 3,785 | – |
| Nederweert | 405,000 | 7,696 | – |
| Peel en Maas | 381,000 | 19,196 | – |
| Roerdalen | 325,000 | 9,866 | – |
| Roermond | 311,000 | 29,894 | – |
| Simpelveld | 274,000 | 5,162 | – |
| Sittard-Geleen | 271,000 | 47,306 | – |
| Stein (L.) | 314,000 | 11,886 | – |
| Vaals | 238,000 | 5,875 | – |
| Valkenburg aan de Geul | 343,000 | 8,400 | – |
| Venlo | 312,000 | 49,137 | – |
| Venray | 362,000 | 19,995 | – |
| Voerendaal | 353,000 | 5,883 | – |
| Weert | 357,000 | 23,912 | – |
Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)
The largest category is owner-occupied, at 53% of dwellings.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
64% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
27% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 23% in the Netherlands.
Based on 24,344 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
In 2025, 50 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Kerkrade, 11% higher than in the Netherlands (45). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 4%, against a rise of 5% in the Netherlands. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
In 2025, Kerkrade registered 50 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 45 in the Netherlands.
Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
In 2025, Kerkrade registered 50 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 45 in the Netherlands.
Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
The largest category in Kerkrade is 'Theft and burglary': 16.8 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 19.8 in the Netherlands.
Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
Home burglary 2023-2025: 2.4 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.7 in the Netherlands.
Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.
Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025
In 2024, police in Kerkrade registered 272 traffic accidents, of which 17 with injury and none fatal.
Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas.
Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024
An estimated 62% of adults in Kerkrade rate their own health as good, 11 percentage points less than in the Netherlands. Fewer adults meet the physical activity guideline (36% against 48%), but more are overweight (62% against 52%), more feel lonely (55% against 47%) and more smoke (22% against 17%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Kerkrade, covering 51% of the area, against 9% in the Netherlands. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 21% of the area, 5 percentage points above the 16% in the Netherlands.
An estimated 62% of adults rate their own health as good, against 73% in the Netherlands (2024).
An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.
Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024
21% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 16% in the Netherlands.
Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.
Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022
Kerkrade has 45,824 inhabitants (2026), or 2,089 per km² (3.9 times as high as in the Netherlands). Between 2014 and 2026 the population fell 2%, against a rise of 8% in the Netherlands. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in Kerkrade was 68%, 10 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 37% of the vote, against 17% nationally.
The population shrank 2% between 2014 and 2026, to 45,824.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents per km²: 2,089.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
In 2025, 6.9 children were born per 1,000 residents; 14.1 died per 1,000.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
28% of residents are between 45 and 65.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
44% of residents are never married.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
65% of residents have Dutch origin.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
44% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 68% of eligible voters in Kerkrade voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 37% of the valid votes.
Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes.
Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025
Kerkrade has an average of 1.1 cars per household, about the same as in the Netherlands (1.1). 15% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 11 percentage points less than in the Netherlands (26%).
Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 920 establishments.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
15% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 26% in the Netherlands (2025).
CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 10% to 15% between 2014 and 2025.
See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
In 2025, 24,645 passenger cars and 1,960 motorcycles were registered here.
At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
84% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (3%).
Based on 28,954 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
2,089 residents per km²: 3.9 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.
The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
| Kerkrade-Noord | 13,015 | €228,000 | 40 |
| Kerkrade-West | 14,500 | €222,000 | 56 |
| Kerkrade-Oost | 18,310 | €199,000 | 52 |