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Living in Donk

The population is growing about as fast as in Laarbeek. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Laarbeek, and registered crime per resident is lower.

3,645 residents, 1,762 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Laarbeek average.

The average WOZ value in Donk is €364,000, 17% lower than in Laarbeek (€439,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 46%, against a rise of 43% in Laarbeek. 56% of the homes are owner-occupied, 14 percentage points less than in Laarbeek (70%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €364,000
    17% lower than Laarbeek (€439,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +46%
    higher than Laarbeek (+43%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    56%
    14 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (70%)
  • Social housing
    34%
    12 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (22%)
  • Private rent
    10%
    2 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (8%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    77%
    11 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (88%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    9%
    10 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (19%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    3%
    6 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (9%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    18%
    4 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (14%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 46% between 2021 and 2025, to €364,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€364,00017% below Laarbeek
  • +46% since 2021
  • Laarbeek +43%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€284 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€284/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 125 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €364,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€114NL median
  • Water board levy€42–
  • Property tax (OZB)€30€32
  • Sewage levy€24€22
  • Waste levy€18€27
Costs to set aside€170
  • Maintenance reserve€159–
  • Buildings insurance€11–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Laarbeek's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 55th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.

cheapestdearest

Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.

Explanation
  • The home: one typical home of 125 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €364,000.
  • Levies: Laarbeek's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
  • Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
  • NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
  • Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.

Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026

Dwelling value ladder

Donk has the lowest WOZ value of the 5 buurten in Beek en Donk.

Netherlands€398,000
Laarbeek€439,000
Beek en Donk€402,000
Beek€399,000
Donk€364,000
Explanation

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)

WOZ value and age structure

Here: €364,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Donk364,0001,762–
Beek399,0002,501–
Bedrijventerrein Beekerheide428,00067–
Bedrijventerrein Bemmer462,000101–
Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk556,000436–
Explanation

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)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 56% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied56%
  • Social housing34%
  • Private rent10%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by type

77% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes77%
  • Multi-family homes23%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by build period

41% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 27% in the municipality of Laarbeek.

  • Before 19459.4%
  • 1945-196418.4%
  • 1965-19749.4%
  • 1975-199140.9%
  • 1992-200513%
  • 2006-20155.6%
  • 2016 and later3.3%
Explanation

Based on 1,781 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

02 · Safety

Less registered crime per resident than the Laarbeek average.

In 2025, 19 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Donk, 21% lower than in Laarbeek (24). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 42%, against a fall of 18% in Laarbeek. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    19
    21% lower than Laarbeek (24)
  • Change since 2021
    -42%
    lower than Laarbeek (-18%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.3
    15% lower than Laarbeek (2.7)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Donk registered 19 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 24 in the municipality of Laarbeek.

Donk19
The municipality of Laarbeek24
Explanation

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

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Donk registered 19 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 24 in the municipality of Laarbeek.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
1921% below Laarbeek
  • -42% since 2021
  • Laarbeek -18%
Explanation

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

Crime by category

The largest category in Donk is 'Theft and burglary': 5.0 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 7.4 in the municipality of Laarbeek.

DonkLaarbeek
  • Theft and burglary5.0
  • Vandalism and public order3.6
  • Violence and threats3.6
  • Traffic2.8
  • Fraud and scams2.5
  • Other and withheld1.4
  • Environmental0.0
Explanation

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

Home burglary 2023-2025: 2.3 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.7 in the municipality of Laarbeek.

Donk2.27
The municipality of Laarbeek2.66
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Donk registered 5 traffic accidents, of which 2 with injury and none fatal.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation

Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.

Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health below the Laarbeek average; green space is above the Laarbeek average.

An estimated 70% of adults in Donk rate their own health as good, 4 percentage points less than in Laarbeek. More adults feel lonely (46% against 41%), more report anxiety or depression (46% against 43%), more smoke (16% against 14%) and more are overweight (56% against 54%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Donk, covering 69% of the area, against 13% in Laarbeek. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 15% of the area, 1 percentage point above the 14% in Laarbeek.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    70%
    4 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (74%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    15%
    1 percentage point higher than Laarbeek (14%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    46%
    5 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (41%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    46%
    3 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (43%)
  • Smokes
    16%
    2 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (14%)
  • Overweight
    56%
    2 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (54%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    7%
    61 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (68%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    69%
    56 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (13%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    14%
    10 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (4%)

Health

An estimated 70% of adults rate their own health as good, against 74% in the municipality of Laarbeek (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Laarbeek
Good self-rated health
69.5%
74.5%
Smokes
16.3%
13.8%
Excessive drinking
5.6%
5.9%
Overweight
56.2%
53.8%
Lonely
45.6%
41.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
45.8%
42.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
44.7%
47.1%
Explanation

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

Land use

15% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 14% in the municipality of Laarbeek.

  • Traffic4.2%
  • Built-up68.9%
  • Recreation14.3%
  • Agriculture6.7%
  • Forest and nature0.8%
  • Water5%
Explanation

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

Distance to amenities

A gp practice lies here at an average road distance of 500 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket600 m–
GP practice500 m–
Primary school700 m–
Daycare500 m–
Large supermarkets–1
GP practices–1.5
Daycares–3
Explanation

Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.

Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025

04 · Residents

The population is growing about as fast as the Laarbeek average.

Donk has 3,645 inhabitants (2026), or 3,236 per km² (7.6 times as high as in Laarbeek). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 2%, against a rise of 3% in Laarbeek. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Laarbeek was 81%, 3 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 23% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2021
    +2%
    about the same as Laarbeek (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Laarbeek
    81%
    3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +1%
    lower than Laarbeek (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    24%
    3 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (27%)
  • Never married
    44%
    1 percentage point lower than Laarbeek (45%)
  • Dutch origin
    85%
    2 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (87%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    47%
    2 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (45%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    23%
    6 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 2% between 2021 and 2026, to 3,645.

Residents, 2026
3,645
  • +2% since 2021
  • Laarbeek +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 3,236 residents per km², this buurt is 7.6 times as densely populated as the municipality of Laarbeek.

Residents per km²3,236
Dwellings per km²1,559.3

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 13.9 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

24% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15500
  • 15 to 25325
  • 25 to 45865
  • 45 to 65885
  • 65 to 80790
  • 80 and over275

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

44% of residents are never married.

  • Never married1,585
  • Married1,510
  • Divorced290
  • Widowed255

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

85% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands3,095
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)265
  • Outside Europe280

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

47% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1880
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,220
  • Higher professional, university520

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Laarbeek; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 81% of eligible voters in Laarbeek voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 23% of the valid votes.

Municipality of LaarbeekThe Netherlands
D66
14.8%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
22.5%
16.7%
VVD
16.1%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
7.1%
12.8%
CDA
16.2%
11.8%
JA21
7.8%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.3%
4.5%
BBB
3.6%
2.6%
Other
7.5%
14.4%
Explanation

Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.

Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025

05 · More figures

More figures

Donk has an average of 1.2 cars per household, 8% lower than in Laarbeek (1.3). 18% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 4 percentage points less than in Laarbeek (22%).

Key figures
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    22%
    8 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (14%)
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    1%
    5 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (6%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    22%
    2 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (24%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    8% lower than Laarbeek (1.3)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    18%
    4 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (22%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +3 pp
    lower than Laarbeek (+5 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    1%
    3 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (4%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    1%
    3 percentage points lower than Laarbeek (4%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    92%
    3 percentage points higher than Laarbeek (89%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    23%
    14 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Private rent
    10%
    4 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    77%
    14 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 80 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij5
Nijverheid en energie70
Handel en horeca60
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie15
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed15
Zakelijke dienstverlening80
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg80
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten40

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

18% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 22% in the municipality of Laarbeek (2025).

  • Petrol81.9%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)18.1%
Explanation

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

Share on other fuel per year

The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 15% to 18% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
18%4 percentage points below Laarbeek (22%)
  • +3 pp since 2021
  • Laarbeek +5 pp
Explanation

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

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 2,070 passenger cars and 155 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars2,070
Motorcycles155
Explanation

At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Addresses by building use

92% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is healthcare (3%).

  • Residential92.4%
  • Retail2.5%
  • Office1.1%
  • Assembly0.1%
  • Healthcare3.1%
  • Industrial0.7%
  • Education0.1%
  • Sports0.2%
  • Other2.8%
Explanation

Based on 1,927 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

Biggest difference from the Netherlands

3,236 residents per km²: 6.0 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²3,236
  • Multi-family dwellings23%
  • Private rent10%
  • Single-family dwellings77%
  • Social housing34%
Explanation

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

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Laarbeek

Other neighbourhoods in Laarbeek
Verspreide huizen Beek en Donk1,285€556,00055
Bedrijventerrein Bemmer260€462,00023
Bedrijventerrein Beekerheide155€428,000–
Beek5,920€399,00023

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS proximity statistics 2025, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

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