district in Breda
Breda oost
Breda oost has 6 neighbourhoods with 24,645 residents in total.
Breda-Oost turns on well-heeled Zandberg and Brabantpark, six neighbourhoods and just over 24,000 residents up against the centre. Amenities score 8.7, the figure of a mixed urban district close to everything. Wealth (5.6) and quiet and nature (4.7) sit just below the national middle. Safety drops further still, to 3.8, partly due to the nearby city core. The overall gets no higher than 5.4.
no. 8 of the 11 districts of Breda
Short answer: Breda oost scores 5.4 as a district of Breda, no. 8 of the 11 districts of Breda. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zandberg (8.8), the worst Brabantpark (3.7). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 24,645 residents in total.
Key figures for Breda oost
- residents
- 24,645
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 8.3
How Breda 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, 1,155 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
Breda oost has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 16%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
49% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,680 — 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 Breda oost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Breda oost
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Neighbourhoods in Breda oost
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