district in Breda
Breda west
Breda west has 10 neighbourhoods with 33,465 residents in total.
Breda-West revolves around the old village heart of Princenhage, joined by Tuinzigt and Westerpark, ten neighbourhoods and just over 33,000 residents. Amenities score 7.5, a respectable figure for a mixed urban edge. Below that the picture flattens out: wealth and income 4.8, quiet and nature 4.2, safety 4.3, all three under the median. With a 4.8 overall, this is a Breda district where the village and the city take turns but the marks lag.
no. 9 of the 11 districts of Breda
Short answer: Breda west scores 4.8 as a district of Breda, no. 9 of the 11 districts of Breda. Its strongest neighbourhood is Princenhage (7.0), the worst Hazeldonk (2.5). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 33,465 residents in total.
Key figures for Breda west
- residents
- 33,465
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 26.4
How Breda west 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, 2,294 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 west has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
29% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,704 — 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 west, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Breda west
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Neighbourhoods in Breda west
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