Living in Beek

In Beek (Limburg), tenants pay an average rent of €513 a month (2024) and unemployment is 3.2% (2025).

Beek's population was 16,251 at the end of 2025. Beek had an unemployment rate of 3.2% at the end of 2025. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0728 sources

Population16,251people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Average gross salary4,079EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)

Average rent513EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)

Unemployment rate3.2%country median 3.1% — 3% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Recorded crime4,230incidents per 100,000country median 3,090 — 37% aboveOfficial source · Geregistreerde criminaliteit; soort misdrijf, regio (CBS StatLine table 83648NED)

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2025Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

More recorded crime than 80% of Dutch cities that publish it and cleaner air than 96% of Dutch cities that publish it.

Which Netherlands-wide rules apply when you move to Beek?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Beek. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	42.5 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 100 Mbps home internet⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	25 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 20GB mobile plan⁶Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	513 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)¹⁴Official

Is Beek a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker65%strong on work, weak on legal route · range 56–74%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on safety · range 59–75%

Student56%strong on cost, weak on work · range 49–63%

Family54%strong on family, weak on cost · range 46–62%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 47–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Beek?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2025). Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS)¹¹

Unemployment across cities in NetherlandsUnemployment in Beek is 3.2%. Of 337 cities with data, 146 have unemployment of 3 to under 3.5%.

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146

2–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–55–5.5

Beek 3.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	4,079 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.2 %country median 3.1%	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Netherlands (CBS)¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Beek?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,465of €3,045 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€3,045
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED) · 2024-12-31	− €513
Internet€43 · official · KPN 100 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €43
Mobile plan€25 · official · KPN 20GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €25
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,465

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Beek Salary needed to live in Beek

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Beek. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

UWV public employment service — Public employment service

Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (UWV)

Job Search

Open official service

Open the Netherlands service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Beek. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹Official
Schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: extra Dutch-language reception support for recently-arrived immigrant pupils (NT2 reception funding). How to enrol a child (rijksoverheid.nl).

A country-wide rule for Netherlands; Beek's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

How safe is Beek?

Police recorded 4,230 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Geregistreerde criminaliteit; soort misdrijf, regio (CBS StatLine table 83648NED)³

Recorded crime across major citiesBeek highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Amsterdam8,970

Rotterdam8,200

Eindhoven7,990

Arnhem6,970

The Hague6,890

Utrecht6,800

Nijmegen6,280

Groningen6,160

Breda5,870

Tilburg5,560

Almere4,280

Almere Stad4,278

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,230 incidents per 100,000country median 3,090	31 Dec 2025	Geregistreerde criminaliteit; soort misdrijf, regio (CBS StatLine table 83648NED)³Official

Mobility and administration

Beek's nearest airport was MST, 4 km away and offered 10 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	10 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	4 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MST	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Beek. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Blik op Werk integration-provider quality register — Other

Blik op Werk

For integration-course applicants.

DutchIn Person, Online

Open official information

DUO choosing an integration course — State Language Course

Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO)

For people who must integrate.

DutchIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Beek.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 3.2°C in January to 18.8°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 63.8 mm in January and 72.8 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 66.9 hours in January and 209 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Beek?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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11°3°

15°5°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

139

181

209

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209

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157

118

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in NetherlandsAnnual PM2.5 in Beek is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 50 cities with data, 19 have annual PM2.5 of 9 to under 10 µg/m³.

6–77–88–99–1010–1111–12

Beek 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2025	European Environment Agency²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.7 · Feb 6.7 · Mar 10.7 · Apr 15 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.7 · Jul 23.8 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 9.7 · Dec 6.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.5 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 5 · May 8.7 · Jun 11.7 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 7.3 · Nov 3.8 · Dec 1.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.2 · Feb 3.7 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 10.1 · May 13.8 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 18.8 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 15 · Oct 11 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 63.8 · Feb 57.6 · Mar 54.6 · Apr 41 · May 57.7 · Jun 68.9 · Jul 72.8 · Aug 82.8 · Sep 57.5 · Oct 63.6 · Nov 62.2 · Dec 74.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 66.9 · Feb 86 · Mar 138.5 · Apr 180.8 · May 208.7 · Jun 205.5 · Jul 209 · Aug 197.5 · Sep 157 · Oct 118.2 · Nov 74.1 · Dec 53.5 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.2 °C, Dusseldorf (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Erkrath (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Haan (Germany) ±0.3 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Beek?

The published population was 16,251 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS)¹⁰

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	16,251 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Netherlands (CBS)¹⁰Official

International community in Beek

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population registered in Dutch municipalities; CBS population on 1 January · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Born in the Netherlands	14,325	88.7%
Born outside the Netherlands	1,816	11.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Citizenship

Residents in the Dutch population register; 1 January · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Totaal	16,251	100.0%
Nederlands	15,218	93.6%
Totaal niet-Nederlandse nationaliteit	1,033	6.4%
Europa (exclusief Nederlands)	795	4.9%
Oekraïens	450	2.8%
Europese Unie (exclusief Nederlands)	317	2.0%
Buiten-Europa	233	1.4%
Azië	159	1.0%
Azië (exclusief Indonesisch en Turks)	143	0.9%
Midden- en Oost-Europese nat. in de EU	129	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Syrisch	87	0.5%
Belgisch	66	0.4%
Pools	65	0.4%
Burger van Bondsrepubliek Duitsland	57	0.4%
Afrika	47	0.3%
GIPS-Nationaliteiten in de EU	47	0.3%
Afrika (exclusief Marokkaans)	39	0.2%
Roemeens	28	0.2%
Amerika en Oceanië (exclusief Surinaams)	26	0.2%
Amerika	24	0.1%
Brits	23	0.1%
Chinees	16	0.1%
Hongaars	16	0.1%
Turks	15	0.1%
Zuid-Afrikaans	15	0.1%
Italiaans	14	0.1%
Portugees	14	0.1%
Spaans	14	0.1%
Amerikaans	10	0.1%
Afghaans	8	0.0%
Bulgaars	8	0.0%
Jemenitisch	8	0.0%
Marokkaans	8	0.0%
Litouws	7	0.0%
Frans	6	0.0%
Indiaas	6	0.0%
Pakistaans	6	0.0%
Grieks	5	0.0%
Staatloos / onbekend	5	0.0%
Braziliaans	4	0.0%
Canadees	4	0.0%
Eritrees	4	0.0%
Oceanië	3	0.0%
Filippijns	3	0.0%
Oostenrijks	3	0.0%
Russisch	3	0.0%
Iers	2	0.0%
Iraans	2	0.0%
Kroatisch	2	0.0%
Lets	2	0.0%
Thais	2	0.0%
Zweeds	2	0.0%
Indonesisch	1	0.0%
Iraaks	1	0.0%
Somalisch	1	0.0%
Surinaams	1	0.0%
Tsjechisch	1	0.0%
Vietnamees	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Beek

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Stein as a Beek alternative in the same region

5 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,030 Stein vs 4,230 Beek−28%
Residents: 24,653 Stein vs 16,251 Beek+52%
Unemployment: 3.1% Stein vs 3.2% Beek−3%
Annual PM2.5: 7.0 µg/m³ Stein vs 7.0 µg/m³ Beeksame level

Full comparison More about Stein

Cities near Beek

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Netherlands

Other cities in Netherlands to compare with Beek, nearest in population first.

All Netherlands cities

Mijdrecht16,235 residents Harlingen16,270 residents Hilvarenbeek16,315 residents Wormerland16,328 residents Bunnik16,402 residents Valkenburg aan de Geul16,481 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Beek under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Beek part of Sittard-Geleen?

Beek is in the published commuting zone of Sittard-Geleen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Sittard-Geleen city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Beek?

The published population was 16,251 people in January 2025. Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Is the air quality good in Beek?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Beek?

What is the unemployment rate in Beek?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2025). Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Is Beek a good place to live?

Beek may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Beek part of Sittard-Geleen?

Beek is in the published commuting zone of Sittard-Geleen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Beek?

Sittard-Geleen, Elsloo, Geleen, Stein, Beekdaelen are near Beek. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in the Netherlands live in Beek?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,325 people (88.7%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Beek (Limburg), Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c3a24707864e96025fdbb63b8836692f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/beek-05-0888/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_beek-limburg-netherlands-population-rent-salary-jobs_a47b7e982557,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Beek (Limburg), Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c3a24707864e96025fdbb63b8836692f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/beek-05-0888/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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KPN 20GB mobile plan kpn.com · checked 2026-09-15
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