Living in Maasgouw

In Maasgouw, unemployment is 3.2% (2024).

At the end of 2024, the unemployment rate was 3.2%. Maasgouw had a population of 24,377 at the start of 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 99.9% in Q1 2025. The city covered 58.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 420 people per km² in 2026. The foreign population count was 4,410 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2632 sources

Population24,377people10 Jun 2026Official source · CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Maasgouw (GM1641)

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 rent541EUR/month31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)

Unemployment rate3.2%country median 3.1% — 3% aboveOfficial source · CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality

Recorded crime2,790offences per 100,000country median 3,090 — 10% belowOfficial source · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in NetherlandsNational rates and thresholds that apply in Maasgouw.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Maasgouw. 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 internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	25 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	KPN 20GB mobile plan¹⁵Official · national market
Housing stock	10,856 dwellings	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	541 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Woonlasten huishoudens; kenmerken huishouden, woning, gemeente (85950NED)²²Official · parent municipality
Rented homes	25 pct	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁴Official

Is Maasgouw a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 60–76%

Student62%strong on cost, weak on work · range 55–69%

Family57%strong on family, weak on cost · range 49–65%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Maasgouw?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality⁹

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

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2–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–55–5.5

Maasgouw 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)¹⁶Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	99.91 %	2025 Q1	Percentage of households in the Dutch municipality with access to a fixed internet connection of at least 1 Gbps (1000 Mbit/s); availability, not subscribed plan, measured speed or FTTH-only coverage.¹⁹Official
Median income per year	34,600 EUR/year	31 Dec 2024	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁵Official
Unemployment rate	3.2 %country median 3.1%	31 Dec 2024	CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Maasgouw?

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

Left over each month€2,437of €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	− €541
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	€2,437

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Maasgouw. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	8 count	27 Aug 2026	DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs)¹¹Official

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; Maasgouw's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Maasgouw?

Police recorded 2,790 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 2,790 offences per 100,000 · CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024¹⁰

Recorded crime across major citiesMaasgouw highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Amsterdam8,970

Rotterdam8,200

Eindhoven7,990

The Hague6,890

Utrecht6,800

Nijmegen6,280

Groningen6,160

Breda5,870

Tilburg5,560

Almere4,280

Almere Stad4,278

Maasgouw2,790

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,790 offences per 100,000country median 3,090	31 Dec 2024	CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024¹⁰Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was MST, 27.7 km away, with 10 listed destinations in June 2026. Car density was 607.9 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	10 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁷Official
Nearest airport	MST	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	27.7 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Maasgouw. 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

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For integration-course applicants.

DutchIn Person, Online

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DUO choosing an integration course — State Language Course

Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO)

For people who must integrate.

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

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Climate and air quality

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

NO₂10WHO 10 · EU 40

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — NL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Posterholt-Vlodropperweg)¹²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Maasgouw?

The published population was 24,377 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Maasgouw (GM1641)⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport81.9%
Foreign residents18.1%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Addresses per km²	449 addresses/km²	27 Aug 2026	CBS³Official
Area	57.99 km²	10 Jun 2026	Wikidata (P2046)³⁰Independent · gemeente
Cars per 1,000 residents	607.9 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2025	CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.⁸Official
City area	58.12 km²	28 Jan 2026	Kadaster BRK Bestuurlijke Gebieden, current municipality boundary polygon in EPSG:28992; area is the polygon area converted from m² to km².¹³Official
Foreign residents	4,410 people	1 Jan 2025	CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population.⁸Official
Population density	420 people/km²	10 Jun 2026	CBS³Official · gemeente
Population	24,377 people	10 Jun 2026	CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Maasgouw (GM1641)⁷Official

International community in Maasgouw

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	22,067	90.5%
Born outside the Netherlands	2,310	9.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
Totaal	24,502	100.0%
Nederlands	23,199	94.7%
Totaal niet-Nederlandse nationaliteit	1,303	5.3%
Europa (exclusief Nederlands)	988	4.0%
Europese Unie (exclusief Nederlands)	656	2.7%
Midden- en Oost-Europese nat. in de EU	362	1.5%
Buiten-Europa	297	1.2%
Oekraïens	288	1.2%
Pools	221	0.9%
Azië	212	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Azië (exclusief Indonesisch en Turks)	156	0.6%
Burger van Bondsrepubliek Duitsland	108	0.4%
Belgisch	100	0.4%
Syrisch	91	0.4%
GIPS-Nationaliteiten in de EU	70	0.3%
Afrika	60	0.2%
Roemeens	57	0.2%
Afrika (exclusief Marokkaans)	53	0.2%
Turks	48	0.2%
Hongaars	39	0.2%
Brits	29	0.1%
Zuid-Afrikaans	26	0.1%
Amerika	25	0.1%
Amerika en Oceanië (exclusief Surinaams)	22	0.1%
Italiaans	21	0.1%
Portugees	21	0.1%
Staatloos / onbekend	18	0.1%
Grieks	17	0.1%
Lets	14	0.1%
Eritrees	13	0.1%
Chinees	12	0.0%
Iraaks	12	0.0%
Slowaaks	12	0.0%
Spaans	11	0.0%
Amerikaans	8	0.0%
Indonesisch	8	0.0%
Litouws	8	0.0%
Pakistaans	8	0.0%
Braziliaans	7	0.0%
Marokkaans	7	0.0%
Frans	6	0.0%
Iraans	6	0.0%
Oostenrijks	6	0.0%
Kroatisch	5	0.0%
Thais	5	0.0%
Afghaans	4	0.0%
Jemenitisch	4	0.0%
Russisch	4	0.0%
Tsjechisch	4	0.0%
Filippijns	3	0.0%
Surinaams	3	0.0%
Bulgaars	2	0.0%
Canadees	2	0.0%
Iers	1	0.0%
Indiaas	1	0.0%
Japans	1	0.0%
Nigeriaans	1	0.0%
Somalisch	1	0.0%
Vietnamees	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average download speed, 2024	250 Mbps	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Average assessed property value (WOZ)	239 kEUR	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁴Official
Jobs	7,500 jobs	31 Dec 2024	CBS — Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁶Official
5G network available	true	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Average fibre-to-the-premises coverage	95 %	27 Aug 2026	ACM¹Official
Owner-occupied homes	75 pct	31 Dec 2020	CBS - Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Maasgouw

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.

Meierijstad as a Maasgouw alternative in the same region

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

Residents: 85,236 Meierijstad vs 24,377 Maasgouw+250%
Unemployment: 2.9% Meierijstad vs 3.2% Maasgouw−9%
Nearest airport: 22.1 km Meierijstad vs 27.7 km Maasgouw−20%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,870 Meierijstad vs 2,790 Maasgouwsame level

Full comparison More about Meierijstad

Goeree-Overflakkee as a Maasgouw alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 139 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 52,798 Goeree-Overflakkee vs 24,377 Maasgouw+117%
Unemployment: 2.8% Goeree-Overflakkee vs 3.2% Maasgouw−13%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,660 Goeree-Overflakkee vs 2,790 Maasgouw−5%
Nearest airport: 31.8 km Goeree-Overflakkee vs 27.7 km Maasgouw+15%

Full comparison More about Goeree-Overflakkee

Cities near Maasgouw

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

Maaseik Belgium · 8.7 km away

Rent: 800 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Kinrooi Belgium · 10.0 km away

Rent: 900 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Netherlands

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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 Maasgouw?

The published population was 24,377 people in January 2026. Source: CBS — Population on 1 January 2026, municipality Maasgouw (GM1641).

How safe is Maasgouw?

Police recorded 2,790 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: CBS StatLine 83648NED — registered crime by municipality, total, 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Maasgouw?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (2024). Source: CBS labour market in figures 2024 — unemployment by municipality.

How many foreign residents live in Maasgouw?

4,410 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025, municipality-grain passenger-car universe (Personenauto's totaal) divided by the same-table municipality population..

Is Maasgouw a good place to live?

Maasgouw 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.

Which cities are near Maasgouw?

Echt, Echt-Susteren, Maaseik, Roermond, Leudal are near Maasgouw. 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 Maasgouw?

The official country of birth distribution records 22,067 people (90.5%) 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). Maasgouw, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 76041641d2e1c1d9945c879b20df4eb8]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nl/maasgouw/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Maasgouw, Netherlands: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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