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Living in Megen

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Oss. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Oss, and registered crime per resident is lower.

1,685 residents, 753 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Oss average.

The average WOZ value in Megen is €413,000, 8% higher than in Oss (€383,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 50%, against a rise of 46% in Oss. 64% of the homes are owner-occupied, 1 percentage point more than in Oss (63%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €413,000
    8% higher than Oss (€383,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +50%
    higher than Oss (+46%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    64%
    1 percentage point higher than Oss (63%)
  • Social housing
    28%
    1 percentage point higher than Oss (27%)
  • Private rent
    8%
    2 percentage points lower than Oss (10%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    89%
    12 percentage points higher than Oss (77%)
  • Built before 1945
    18%
    11 percentage points higher than Oss (7%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    14%
    5 percentage points lower than Oss (19%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    14%
    3 percentage points lower than Oss (17%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 50% between 2021 and 2025, to €413,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€413,0008% above Oss
  • +50% since 2021
  • Oss +46%
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: ~€338 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€338/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 156 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €413,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€125NL median
  • Water board levy€43–
  • Property tax (OZB)€36€36
  • Waste levy€29€27
  • Sewage levy€17€22
Costs to set aside€213
  • Maintenance reserve€199–
  • Buildings insurance€14–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Oss's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 119th 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 156 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €413,000.
  • Levies: Oss'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

Megen has the highest WOZ value of the 1 buurten in Megen.

Netherlands€398,000
Oss€383,000
Megen€415,000
Megen€413,000
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: €413,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Megen413,000753–
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 64% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied64%
  • Social housing28%
  • Private rent8%
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

89% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes89%
  • Multi-family homes11%
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

26% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 27% in the municipality of Oss.

  • Before 194517.9%
  • 1945-196413.8%
  • 1965-197414.2%
  • 1975-199126%
  • 1992-200513%
  • 2006-20155.3%
  • 2016 and later9.7%
Explanation

Based on 753 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 Oss average.

In 2025, 13 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Megen, 70% lower than in Oss (44). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 30%, against a fall of 8% in Oss. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    13
    70% lower than Oss (44)
  • Change since 2021
    -30%
    lower than Oss (-8%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    0.4
    83% lower than Oss (2.4)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Megen registered 13 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Oss.

Megen13
The municipality of Oss44
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, Megen registered 13 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 44 in the municipality of Oss.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
1370% below Oss
  • -30% since 2021
  • Oss -8%
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 Megen is 'Fraud and scams': 5.3 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 4.7 in the municipality of Oss.

MegenOss
  • Fraud and scams5.3
  • Vandalism and public order3.5
  • Theft and burglary1.8
  • Violence and threats1.2
  • Other and withheld1.2
  • Traffic0.6
  • 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: 0.4 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 2.4 in the municipality of Oss.

Megen0.44
The municipality of Oss2.37
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 Megen registered 2 traffic accidents, of which 0 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 above the Oss average; green space is below the Oss average.

An estimated 74% of adults in Megen rate their own health as good, 2 percentage points more than in Oss. Fewer adults feel lonely (40% against 46%), fewer report anxiety or depression (43% against 47%), fewer meet the physical activity guideline (42% against 45%) and fewer smoke (16% against 18%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Megen, covering 57% of the area, against 67% in Oss. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 3% of the area, 6 percentage points below the 9% in Oss.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    74%
    2 percentage points higher than Oss (72%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    3%
    6 percentage points lower than Oss (9%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    40%
    6 percentage points lower than Oss (46%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    43%
    4 percentage points lower than Oss (47%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    42%
    3 percentage points lower than Oss (45%)
  • Smokes
    16%
    2 percentage points lower than Oss (18%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    30%
    15 percentage points higher than Oss (15%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    57%
    10 percentage points lower than Oss (67%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    5 percentage points lower than Oss (5%)

Health

An estimated 74% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Oss (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Oss
Good self-rated health
73.6%
71.8%
Smokes
16.3%
18.3%
Excessive drinking
6.6%
5.7%
Overweight
56.3%
54.9%
Lonely
40.5%
46.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
42.7%
46.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
41.8%
44.9%
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

3% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 9% in the municipality of Oss.

  • Traffic3.9%
  • Built-up29.6%
  • Recreation2.6%
  • Agriculture57.2%
  • Water6.6%
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 daycare lies here at an average road distance of 300 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket2,800 m–
GP practice600 m–
Primary school500 m–
Daycare300 m–
Large supermarkets–0
GP practices–0.9
Daycares–2
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 shrinking, while it grows in Oss.

Megen has 1,685 inhabitants (2026), or 1,188 per km² (2.0 times as high as in Oss). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 1%, against a rise of 3% in Oss. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Oss was 78%, in line with the national figure. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 24% 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
    -1%
    lower than Oss (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Oss
    78%
    about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +4%
    about the same as Oss (+4%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    26%
    1 percentage point lower than Oss (27%)
  • Never married
    45%
    3 percentage points lower than Oss (48%)
  • Dutch origin
    90%
    14 percentage points higher than Oss (76%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    24%
    7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 1% between 2021 and 2026, to 1,685.

Residents, 2026
1,685
  • -1% since 2021
  • Oss +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 1,188 residents per km², this buurt is 2.0 times as densely populated as the municipality of Oss.

Residents per km²1,188
Dwellings per km²530.3

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.8 children were born per 1,000 residents; 5.8 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

26% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15275
  • 15 to 25160
  • 25 to 45380
  • 45 to 65435
  • 65 to 80350
  • 80 and over85

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

45% of residents are never married.

  • Never married760
  • Married740
  • Divorced110
  • Widowed75

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

90% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands1,520
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)90
  • Outside Europe70

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Oss; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 78% of eligible voters in Oss voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 24% of the valid votes.

Municipality of OssThe Netherlands
D66
15.4%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
23.9%
16.7%
VVD
15.3%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
9.1%
12.8%
CDA
11.7%
11.8%
JA21
6.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.7%
4.5%
BBB
2.6%
2.6%
Other
10.7%
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

Megen has an average of 1.4 cars per household, 17% higher than in Oss (1.2). 22% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 3 percentage points less than in Oss (25%).

Key figures
  • Business services, share of businesses
    26%
    4 percentage points higher than Oss (22%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    19%
    4 percentage points lower than Oss (23%)
  • Transport, information and communication, share of businesses
    2%
    4 percentage points lower than Oss (6%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.4
    17% higher than Oss (1.2)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    22%
    3 percentage points lower than Oss (25%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +4 pp
    about the same as Oss (+5 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    95%
    6 percentage points higher than Oss (89%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    2%
    2 percentage points lower than Oss (4%)
  • Healthcare, share of addresses
    3%
    2 percentage points higher than Oss (1%)
  • Residents per km²
    1,188
    2.2 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Private rent
    8%
    6 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    89%
    26 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 55 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij10
Nijverheid en energie40
Handel en horeca30
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed15
Zakelijke dienstverlening55
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg30
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten25

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

22% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 25% in the municipality of Oss (2025).

  • Petrol77.8%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)22.2%
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 18% to 22% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
22%3 percentage points below Oss (25%)
  • +4 pp since 2021
  • Oss +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, 1,015 passenger cars and 125 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars1,015
Motorcycles125
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

95% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is healthcare (3%).

  • Residential95.2%
  • Retail0.8%
  • Office0.8%
  • Assembly2%
  • Healthcare2.5%
  • Industrial2%
  • Lodging0.4%
  • Education0.1%
  • Sports0.3%
  • Other0.8%
Explanation

Based on 791 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

11% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Multi-family dwellings11%
  • Residents per km²1,188
  • Private rent8%
  • Single-family dwellings89%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings64%
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) 2025

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Oss

Other neighbourhoods in Oss
Buitengebied De Waarden0–
Buitengebied Maasakker35–

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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