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Living in Veltum

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

3,795 residents, 1,815 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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Location

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Venray average.

The average WOZ value in Veltum is €358,000, 1% lower than in Venray (€362,000). Between 2017 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 72%, against a rise of 76% in Venray. 63% of the homes are owner-occupied, 1 percentage point less than in Venray (64%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €358,000
    1% lower than Venray (€362,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2017
    +72%
    lower than Venray (+76%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    63%
    1 percentage point lower than Venray (64%)
  • Social housing
    33%
    7 percentage points higher than Venray (26%)
  • Private rent
    4%
    6 percentage points lower than Venray (10%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    75%
    5 percentage points lower than Venray (80%)
  • Built 1992–2005
    4%
    14 percentage points lower than Venray (18%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    1%
    11 percentage points lower than Venray (12%)
  • Built before 1945
    1%
    7 percentage points lower than Venray (8%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 72% between 2017 and 2025, to €358,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€358,0001% below Venray
  • +72% since 2017
  • Venray +76%
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: ~€327 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€327/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 151 m² · estimated gemeente average
  • WOZ €358,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€120NL median
  • Water board levy€42–
  • Property tax (OZB)€33€31
  • Waste levy€24€27
  • Sewage levy€21€22
Costs to set aside€207
  • Maintenance reserve€193–
  • Buildings insurance€14–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Venray's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 121st 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 151 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €358,000.
  • Levies: Venray'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

Veltum has the 6th-lowest WOZ value of the 23 wijken in the municipality of Venray.

Netherlands€398,000
Venray€362,000
Vlakwater€655,000
Brabander€525,000
Smakt€491,000
Merselo€457,000
Heide€443,000
Vredepeel€440,000
Veulen€434,000
Ysselsteyn€429,000
Smakterheide€423,000
Leunen€411,000
Castenray€404,000
Geijsteren€387,000
Oost€373,000
Wanssum€372,000
Oostrum€365,000
Oirlo€362,000
Veltum€358,000

Landweert€328,000
Blitterswijck€308,000
Centrum€305,000
Brukske€279,000
West€270,000
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: €358,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Veltum358,0001,815–
Heide443,000218–
Ysselsteyn429,000947–
Merselo457,000438–
Vredepeel440,00096–
Smakt491,00080–
Oostrum365,000943–
Oirlo362,000544–
Castenray404,000356–
Veulen434,000224–
Leunen411,000885–
Centrum305,0001,445–
Oost373,0001,250–
West270,0001,993–
Vlakwater655,000379–
Brukske279,0001,964–
Landweert328,0002,641–
Smakterheide423,000459–
Brabander525,000967–
St. Antoniusveld377,000732–
Wanssum372,000823–
Geijsteren387,000198–
Blitterswijck308,000598–
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 63% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied63%
  • Social housing33%
  • Private rent4%
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

75% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes75%
  • Multi-family homes25%
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

52% of dwellings were built between 1965 and 1974, against 20% in the municipality of Venray.

  • Before 19450.6%
  • 1945-19640.7%
  • 1965-197451.9%
  • 1975-199127.2%
  • 1992-20053.6%
  • 2006-20159.3%
  • 2016 and later6.6%
Explanation

Based on 1,920 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 Venray average.

In 2025, 28 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Veltum, 32% lower than in Venray (41). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents rose 14%, against a rise of 6% in Venray. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    28
    32% lower than Venray (41)
  • Change since 2021
    +14%
    higher than Venray (+6%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    1.5
    21% lower than Venray (1.9)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Veltum registered 28 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 41 in the municipality of Venray.

Veltum28
The municipality of Venray41
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, Veltum registered 28 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 41 in the municipality of Venray.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2832% below Venray
  • +14% since 2021
  • Venray +6%
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 Veltum is 'Theft and burglary': 9.5 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 15.1 in the municipality of Venray.

VeltumVenray
  • Theft and burglary9.5
  • Fraud and scams6.1
  • Traffic5.8
  • Other and withheld2.6
  • Violence and threats2.1
  • Vandalism and public order1.9
  • 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: 1.5 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 1.9 in the municipality of Venray.

Veltum1.47
The municipality of Venray1.87
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 Veltum registered 6 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 below the Venray average; green space is above the Venray average.

An estimated 70% of adults in Veltum rate their own health as good, 1 percentage point less than in Venray. Fewer adults report anxiety or depression (44% against 46%) and fewer smoke (15% against 16%), but more feel lonely (47% against 46%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Veltum, covering 61% of the area, against 10% in Venray. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 25% of the area, 5 percentage points above the 20% in Venray.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    70%
    1 percentage point lower than Venray (71%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    25%
    5 percentage points higher than Venray (20%)
  • More figures
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    44%
    2 percentage points lower than Venray (46%)
  • Smokes
    15%
    1 percentage point lower than Venray (16%)
  • Lonely
    47%
    1 percentage point higher than Venray (46%)
  • Excessive drinking
    5%
    about the same as Venray (5%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    10%
    55 percentage points lower than Venray (65%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    61%
    51 percentage points higher than Venray (10%)
  • Recreation, share of the area
    15%
    13 percentage points higher than Venray (2%)

Health

An estimated 70% of adults rate their own health as good, against 71% in the municipality of Venray (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Venray
Good self-rated health
70.2%
71%
Smokes
15.1%
16.1%
Excessive drinking
4.9%
5.4%
Overweight
55.2%
55.1%
Lonely
46.9%
46.1%
Anxiety or depression feelings
44.5%
45.6%
Meets physical activity guideline
48.2%
47.8%
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

25% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 20% in the municipality of Venray.

  • Traffic3.6%
  • Built-up61.3%
  • Recreation15.3%
  • Agriculture10.2%
  • Forest and nature9.5%
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

04 · Residents

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Venray.

Veltum has 3,795 inhabitants (2026), or 2,768 per km² (10.0 times as high as in Venray). Between 2017 and 2026 the population fell 1%, against a rise of 4% in Venray. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Venray 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: 20% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2017
    -1%
    lower than Venray (+4%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Venray
    78%
    about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +1%
    lower than Venray (+6%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    25%
    3 percentage points lower than Venray (28%)
  • Married
    44%
    3 percentage points higher than Venray (41%)
  • Dutch origin
    73%
    2 percentage points lower than Venray (75%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    42%
    2 percentage points lower than Venray (44%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    20%
    3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 1% between 2017 and 2026, to 3,795.

Residents, 2026
3,795
  • -1% since 2017
  • Venray +4%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 2,768 residents per km², this wijk is 10.0 times as densely populated as the municipality of Venray.

Residents per km²2,768
Dwellings per km²1,324.8

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 9.3 children were born per 1,000 residents; 15.9 died per 1,000.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

25% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15520
  • 15 to 25310
  • 25 to 45835
  • 45 to 65940
  • 65 to 80850
  • 80 and over340

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

44% of residents are married.

  • Never married1,580
  • Married1,655
  • Divorced295
  • Widowed260

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

73% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands2,780
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)375
  • Outside Europe635

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

42% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo1720
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-41,090
  • Higher professional, university800

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Venray; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 78% of eligible voters in Venray voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 20% of the valid votes.

Municipality of VenrayThe Netherlands
D66
15.7%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
20.1%
16.7%
VVD
16.1%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
8.5%
12.8%
CDA
15.4%
11.8%
JA21
6.5%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.2%
4.5%
BBB
4.7%
2.6%
Other
8.8%
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

Veltum has an average of 1.2 cars per household, about the same as in Venray (1.2). 21% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 3 percentage points less than in Venray (24%).

Key figures
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    0%
    9 percentage points lower than Venray (9%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    25%
    8 percentage points higher than Venray (17%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    28%
    6 percentage points higher than Venray (22%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    about the same as Venray (1.2)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    21%
    3 percentage points lower than Venray (24%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2017
    +5 pp
    higher than Venray (+3 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    7 percentage points lower than Venray (7%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    92%
    3 percentage points higher than Venray (89%)
  • Retail, share of addresses
    0%
    2 percentage points lower than Venray (2%)
  • Private rent
    4%
    10 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    25%
    12 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    75%
    12 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 100 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie40
Handel en horeca55
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie30
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed20
Zakelijke dienstverlening100
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg90
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten25

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

21% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 24% in the municipality of Venray (2025).

  • Petrol78.7%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)21.3%
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 17% to 21% between 2017 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
21%3 percentage points below Venray (24%)
  • +4 pp since 2017
  • Venray +3 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, 2,090 passenger cars and 155 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars2,090
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 (0.4%).

  • Residential92%
  • Retail0.4%
  • Office0.4%
  • Assembly0.4%
  • Healthcare0.4%
  • Industrial0.2%
  • Lodging0.1%
  • Education0.1%
  • Sports0.1%
  • Other6.5%
Explanation

Based on 2,087 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

2,768 residents per km²: 5.1 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²2,768
  • Private rent4%
  • Multi-family dwellings25%
  • Single-family dwellings75%
  • Social housing33%
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 · Neighbourhoods

Compare the neighbourhoods of Veltum

Compare the neighbourhoods of Veltum
Veltum 21,620€450,00013
Veltum 12,175€300,00039

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, 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 district.

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