The districts of Gilze en Rijen
Gilze en Rijen has 28,525 residents (2026), spread across 4 districts and 26 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little space
Gilze en Rijen averages 6.6, which puts the municipality above 54% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 7.2; quiet and nature hold it back at 5.3. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Vliegende Vennen (8.5), the lowest in Prinsenbosch (2.8). That is 5.7 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Gilze en Rijen
- residents
- 28,525
- districts
- 4
- neighbourhoods
- 26
- km² of land
- 65.4
How Gilze en Rijen scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 1,143 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Gilze en Rijen →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Gilze en Rijen →
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
The age profile of Gilze en Rijen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,356 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Gilze en Rijen, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Gilze en Rijen →Vliegende Vennen
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Paarse Strook
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Centrumgebied Oost Rijen
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Vijf Eiken
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Wolfsweide
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Strijpakkers-Laars
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Weakest neighbourhoods
Prinsenbosch
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Buitengebied Zuid Rijen
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Buitengebied Molenschot
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The worst and the safest districts of Gilze en Rijen
The worst districts of Gilze en Rijen are in one ranking, the safest in the other. Both are built on registered crimes per 1,000 people present, not on reputation.
- The worst and most dangerous areas of Gilze en Rijen: the neighbourhoods with the most registered crime.
- The safest areas of Gilze en Rijen: the same measurement, the other end of the list.
- All rankings for Gilze en Rijen →
Other rankings
The 4 districts of Gilze en Rijen with a grade
Sorted by total grade