Maasgouw
Municipality in Netherlands · area code GM1641
In The Cracks Index, Maasgouw ranks 224 of 342 areas at municipality level. 223 areas catch their most vulnerable people more reliably; 118 areas do so less reliably.
54.1
0 best · 100 widest cracks · built from 8 indicators
The change most likely to close the widest crack in Maasgouw
Shorter, better-signposted routes into mental-health support are the lever most associated with improvement here — closing the gap between need and care.
Linked to the indicator mental-health treatment gap. This is the index pointing forward: not a judgement, but a lever. The estimated impact is published as a direction, not a promise.
Where Maasgouw’s safety net holds, and where it is under strain
Each bar is the indicator normalised to 0–100, direction-corrected so a longer bar always means more cracks. The raw public value and the source year sit beside it. The method is identical at every level.
wmo_pressure
weight —%Raw value 74.11 per_1000_inhabitants source year 2024 Under strain estimate
youth_care_load
weight —%Raw value 98.81 per_1000_young_people source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Problematic debt
weight 19%Share of households with debts they can no longer repay. The first crack most people fall through, and the one that pushes the others open.
Raw value 9.87 % of households source year 2024 Widening estimate
Number of evictions
weight 15%Court-ordered evictions per 10,000 households. A direct measure of how often housing insecurity is allowed to reach its endpoint.
Raw value 10.45 per 10,000 households source year 2024 Widening estimate
Mental-health treatment gap Widest crack
weight 15%Share of people with an identified mental-health care need who receive no care. The distance between needing help and reaching it.
Raw value 18.59 % unmet need source year 2024 Widening estimate
Unmet youth care
weight 12%Share of young people referred for care who wait longer than the recommended term or are never helped. A crack measured early in a life.
Raw value 12.78 % unmet need source year 2024 Widening estimate
Food insecurity
weight 12%Share of the population reporting moderate or severe food insecurity. The point at which a financial shortfall reaches the kitchen table.
Raw value 7.55 % of the population source year 2024 Widening estimate
Severe material deprivation
weight 12%Share of the population unable to afford several basic necessities that most people take for granted. A widely used floor for material insecurity.
Raw value 3.02 % of the population source year 2024 Widening estimate
Social assistance
weight 8%People on social assistance (bijstand) per 1,000 inhabitants. Social-assistance receipt reflects income insecurity, so a higher value counts as more strain on the safety net.
Raw value 37.55 per 1,000 inhabitants source year 2024 Under strain estimate
Homelessness
weight 8%Estimated homeless people per 10,000 inhabitants. A modelled estimate at municipality level, as no per-municipality open measurement exists. Homelessness is an unambiguous sign of a torn safety net.
Raw value 17.79 per 10,000 inhabitants source year 2024 Under strain estimate
The widest crack in Maasgouw is mental-health treatment gap, which carries the most weight in raising the composite score. That is what the fix above targets.
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Fynqo (2026). The Cracks Index, v1-20260518. Snapshot of 2026-05-18. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0. https://fynqo.app/cracks-index/
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