neighbourhood in Tilburg
Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid
2,175 residents · postal code 5041 · Part of Bouwmeester, Tilburg
Everything close by, little space
With a 2.9, Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid sits among the thousand lowest-scoring neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, and that figure needs no single outlier to get there — four of the five pillars are below six.
The wealth & income pillar lags on every component: a property value at two thirds of the national middle, a narrow high-income bracket, a broad low-income one, and almost five times as many social assistance claims as nationally. That is a consistent picture, not a fluke in one component.
The 2.6 for quiet & nature fits a place where over ten thousand people live on every square kilometre: the share of green space within three hundred metres does not reach half the national middle, there is no water, and the noise level runs almost six decibels above the median.
The exception is amenities at 8.3 — supermarket, GP and restaurant are close by, the station a kilometre and a half out. In a neighbourhood where more than half of households consist of one person, having that on the doorstep is no small thing.
- no. 12,354 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 185 of 215 in Tilburg
How Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid scores
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Is Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 76 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
55% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,240 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid comes out at 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid?
In Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid the police recorded 76 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (28 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid calculated?
Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid scores 2.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Bouwmeestersbuurt Zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Tilburg
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Tilburg.
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