neighbourhood in Tilburg
Koolhoven Zuid
2,095 residents · postal code 5036 · Part of Koolhoven, Tilburg
Everything for children close by, and little room
Five per cent of Koolhoven Zuid's residents are over sixty-five, against nearly a fifth nationally, and almost two thirds of households have children. The entire housing stock dates from after 2000. That is an exceptionally young population, even for a new-build area.
The supermarket is nearly three kilometres away, and that is the component holding the amenities pillar at 5.2 — GP, school and station are all within two kilometres. Doing the shopping here means a car or a bike.
The 3.1 for quiet & nature fits the building period. With almost eight thousand residents per square kilometre, no water and a tree canopy at roughly three fifths of the national level, this place lacks precisely what that pillar rewards. Among the offences only vandalism stays above the national median.
- no. 2,983 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 41 of 215 in Tilburg
How Koolhoven Zuid scores
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Is Koolhoven Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Koolhoven Zuid comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Koolhoven Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 34 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
Koolhoven Zuid has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 5%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6531%
NL median 28%
- 65+5%
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
2.9 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
63% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,698 — 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 Koolhoven Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Koolhoven Zuid comes out at 15 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Koolhoven Zuid is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Koolhoven Zuid?
In Koolhoven Zuid the police recorded 34 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (15 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 Koolhoven Zuid calculated?
Koolhoven Zuid scores 8.3 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 Koolhoven 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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