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Living in Laar buitengebied

The population is growing faster than in Weert. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Weert, and registered crime per resident is higher.

385 residents, 138 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Weert average.

The average WOZ value in Laar buitengebied is €565,000, 58% higher than in Weert (€357,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 17%, against a rise of 35% in Weert. 94% of the homes are owner-occupied, 28 percentage points more than in Weert (66%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €565,000
    58% higher than Weert (€357,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +17%
    lower than Weert (+35%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    94%
    28 percentage points higher than Weert (66%)
  • Social housing
    0%
    23 percentage points lower than Weert (23%)
  • Private rent
    6%
    5 percentage points lower than Weert (11%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    97%
    24 percentage points higher than Weert (73%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    7%
    17 percentage points lower than Weert (24%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    22%
    16 percentage points higher than Weert (6%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    8%
    11 percentage points lower than Weert (19%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 17% between 2021 and 2025, to €565,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€565,00058% above Weert
  • +17% since 2021
  • Weert +35%
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: ~€503 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€503/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 265 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €565,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€141NL median
  • Water board levy€48–
  • Property tax (OZB)€45€50
  • Waste levy€27€27
  • Sewage levy€21€22
Costs to set aside€362
  • Maintenance reserve€338–
  • Buildings insurance€24–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Weert's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 112th 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 265 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €565,000.
  • Levies: Weert'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

Laar buitengebied has the 2nd-highest WOZ value of the 5 buurten in Laar en Hushoven.

Netherlands€398,000
Weert€357,000
Laar buitengebied€565,000

Laarveld€525,000
Hushoven€497,000
Laar€399,000
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: €565,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Laar buitengebied565,000138–
Laar399,000274–
Hushoven497,00077–
Hulshoven buitengebied567,00069–
Laarveld525,000567–
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 94% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied94%
  • Private rent6%
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

97% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes97%
  • Multi-family homes3%
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

31% of dwellings were built between 1945 and 1964, against 22% in the municipality of Weert.

  • Before 194517.7%
  • 1945-196431.3%
  • 1965-19748.2%
  • 1975-19917.5%
  • 1992-20054.1%
  • 2006-20158.8%
  • 2016 and later22.4%
Explanation

Based on 147 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

More registered crime per resident than the Weert average.

In 2025, 42 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Laar buitengebied, 14% higher than in Weert (37). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 16%, against a fall of 8% in Weert. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    42
    14% higher than Weert (37)
  • Change since 2021
    -16%
    lower than Weert (-8%)
  • Home burglary
    2
    2023–2025

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Laar buitengebied registered 42 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Weert.

Laar buitengebied42
The municipality of Weert37
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, Laar buitengebied registered 42 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 37 in the municipality of Weert.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
4214% above Weert
  • -16% since 2021
  • Weert -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 Laar buitengebied is 'Violence and threats': 10.5 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 3.5 in the municipality of Weert.

Laar buitengebiedWeert
  • Violence and threats10.5
  • Fraud and scams10.5
  • Theft and burglary5.3
  • Vandalism and public order5.3
  • Traffic5.3
  • Other and withheld5.3
  • 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

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Laar buitengebied registered 7 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 Weert average; green space is below the Weert average.

An estimated 80% of adults in Laar buitengebied rate their own health as good, 9 percentage points more than in Weert. Fewer adults feel lonely (40% against 49%), fewer report anxiety or depression (39% against 46%), fewer smoke (10% against 15%) and fewer are overweight (48% against 52%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Laar buitengebied, covering 88% of the area, against 51% in Weert. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 2% of the area, 25 percentage points below the 27% in Weert.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    80%
    9 percentage points higher than Weert (71%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    2%
    25 percentage points lower than Weert (27%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    40%
    9 percentage points lower than Weert (49%)
  • Anxiety or depression feelings
    39%
    7 percentage points lower than Weert (46%)
  • Smokes
    10%
    5 percentage points lower than Weert (15%)
  • Overweight
    48%
    4 percentage points lower than Weert (52%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    88%
    37 percentage points higher than Weert (51%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    2%
    22 percentage points lower than Weert (24%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    0%
    15 percentage points lower than Weert (15%)

Health

An estimated 80% of adults rate their own health as good, against 71% in the municipality of Weert (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Weert
Good self-rated health
79.6%
71.3%
Smokes
9.9%
15.1%
Excessive drinking
5.2%
5.3%
Overweight
47.5%
52.3%
Lonely
39.7%
48.8%
Anxiety or depression feelings
39%
46%
Meets physical activity guideline
50.8%
47.7%
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

2% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 27% in the municipality of Weert.

  • Traffic8.1%
  • Built-up0.4%
  • Other built-up1.4%
  • Recreation0.4%
  • Agriculture88%
  • Forest and nature1.8%
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 primary school lies here at an average road distance of 900 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket2,200 m–
GP practice2,400 m–
Primary school900 m–
Daycare900 m–
Large supermarkets–0
GP practices–0
Daycares–0.6
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 faster than the Weert average.

Laar buitengebied has 385 inhabitants (2026), or 136 per km² (73% lower than in Weert). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 13%, against a rise of 3% in Weert. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Weert was 76%, 2 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 22% 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
    +13%
    higher than Weert (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Weert
    76%
    2 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +15%
    higher than Weert (+3%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    32%
    5 percentage points higher than Weert (27%)
  • Never married
    49%
    4 percentage points higher than Weert (45%)
  • Dutch origin
    94%
    20 percentage points higher than Weert (74%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    57%
    15 percentage points higher than Weert (42%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    22%
    5 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population grew 13% between 2021 and 2026, to 385.

Residents, 2026
385
  • +13% since 2021
  • Weert +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 136 residents per km², this buurt is 73% less densely populated than the municipality of Weert.

Residents per km²136
Dwellings per km²48.8

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, almost no children were born; 13.2 died per 1,000.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

32% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 1560
  • 15 to 2545
  • 25 to 4575
  • 45 to 65125
  • 65 to 8065
  • 80 and over15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

49% of residents are never married.

  • Never married190
  • Married170
  • Divorced20
  • Widowed5

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

94% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands360
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)15
  • Outside Europe10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

57% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo190
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4120

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Weert; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 76% of eligible voters in Weert voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 22% of the valid votes.

Municipality of WeertThe Netherlands
D66
14%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
22.2%
16.7%
VVD
17.2%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
10.8%
12.8%
CDA
13.2%
11.8%
JA21
7.1%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.2%
4.5%
BBB
2.5%
2.6%
Other
8.9%
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

Laar buitengebied has an average of 1.2 cars per household, 9% higher than in Weert (1.1). 28% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 8 percentage points more than in Weert (20%).

Key figures
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    29%
    26 percentage points higher than Weert (3%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    7%
    10 percentage points lower than Weert (17%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    14%
    9 percentage points lower than Weert (23%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.2
    9% higher than Weert (1.1)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    28%
    8 percentage points higher than Weert (20%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +6 pp
    about the same as Weert (+5 pp)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    8%
    4 percentage points higher than Weert (4%)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    89%
    2 percentage points higher than Weert (87%)
  • Lodging, share of addresses
    4%
    1 percentage point higher than Weert (3%)
  • Residents per km²
    136
    75% lower than the Netherlands (539)
  • Private rent
    6%
    8 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    94%
    37 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)

Business establishments by sector

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij is the largest sector, with 20 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij20
Nijverheid en energie10
Handel en horeca15
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie0
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening10
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

28% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 20% in the municipality of Weert (2025).

  • Petrol72.2%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)27.8%
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 22% to 28% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
28%8 percentage points above Weert (20%)
  • +6 pp since 2021
  • Weert +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, 180 passenger cars and 20 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars180
Motorcycles20
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

89% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is industrial (8%).

  • Residential89.1%
  • Office1.2%
  • Assembly0.6%
  • Healthcare1.2%
  • Industrial8.5%
  • Lodging3.6%
  • Other10.9%
Explanation

Based on 165 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% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Multi-family dwellings3%
  • Residents per km²136
  • Private rent6%
  • Owner-occupied dwellings94%
  • Single-family dwellings97%
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 Weert

Other neighbourhoods in Weert
Hulshoven buitengebied190€567,000–
Laarveld1,575€525,0008
Hushoven185€497,000–
Laar635€399,0008

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.

How we calculate
Living in Laar buitengebied (Weert): WOZ, prices & safety