district in Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom-Oost
Bergen op Zoom-Oost has 9 neighbourhoods with 19,705 residents in total.
Bergen op Zoom-Oost groups nine neighbourhoods and nearly 20,000 residents, from Gageldonk to the Warande. Amenities reach 8.9, but that mark stands almost alone: wealth and income 3.2, safety 3.5, quiet and nature 5.2 and a 4.6 overall. A post-war edge of the city that ranks among its weakest on liveability, despite the ample amenities.
no. 5 of the 6 districts of Bergen op Zoom
Short answer: Bergen op Zoom-Oost scores 4.6 as a district of Bergen op Zoom, no. 5 of the 6 districts of Bergen op Zoom. Its strongest neighbourhood is Nieuw Borgvliet (8.6), the worst Buitengebied-Oost (2.9). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 19,705 residents in total.
Key figures for Bergen op Zoom-Oost
- residents
- 19,705
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 31.7
How Bergen op Zoom-Oost 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, 1,238 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
The age profile of Bergen op Zoom-Oost looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+19%
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
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,099 — 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 Bergen op Zoom-Oost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Bergen op Zoom-Oost
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Bergen op Zoom-Oost.
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Neighbourhoods in Bergen op Zoom-Oost
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