Density
With 23 residents per km², this wijk is 98% less densely populated than the municipality of Sittard-Geleen.
Residents per km²23
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
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Buitengebied has 665 residents (2026).
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Compared with the municipality of Sittard-Geleen · newest year available
© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
© Kadaster / PDOK, CBS
Buitengebied has 665 inhabitants (2026), or 23 per km² (98% lower than in Sittard-Geleen). In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Sittard-Geleen was 72%, 6 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 26% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
With 23 residents per km², this wijk is 98% less densely populated than the municipality of Sittard-Geleen.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
29% of residents are between 25 and 45.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
66% of residents are never married.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
60% of residents have Dutch origin.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
These figures are for the whole municipality of Sittard-Geleen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 72% of eligible voters in Sittard-Geleen voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 26% of the valid votes.
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
23 residents per km²: 96% less densely populated than 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
| Omgeving Daniken | 105 | – |
| Omgeving Windraak | 5 | – |
| Omgeving Geleenbeek | 5 | – |
| Omgeving Kollenberg / Watersley | 125 | – |
| Omgeving Limbricht / Einighausen | 5 | – |
| Omgeving Graetheide / De Lexhy | 30 | – |
| Omgeving Schwienswei | 140 | – |
| Omgeving Graetheide | 10 | – |
| Omgeving Limbrichterbos | 170 | – |
| Omgeving Maasvallei | 70 | – |