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Buitengebied Oosterhout

Buitengebied Oosterhout has 2 neighbourhoods with 260 residents in total.

Bottom 22% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 11 of the 14 districts of Oosterhout

Short answer: Buitengebied Oosterhout scores 4.1 as a district of Oosterhout, no. 11 of the 14 districts of Oosterhout. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Bosgebied-Oosterhout (4.1). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 260 residents in total.

Key figures for Buitengebied Oosterhout

residents
260
neighbourhoods
2
km² of land
9.3

How Buitengebied Oosterhout 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.
Total crime
52.2 per 1,000
Violent crime
5.0 per 1,000
Burglaries
0.5 per 1,000
Property crime
21.4 per 1,000
Vandalism
4.8 per 1,000

In 2025, 32 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in OosterhoutThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Oosterhout

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
2.6 km
GP practice
2.5 km
Train station
6.7 km
Restaurant
0.5 km
Hospital
5.1 km
Café
2.7 km
Library
3.2 km
Motorway ramp
3.0 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Oosterhout

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.
Property value
€ 761,000
Welfare recipients
38.5 per 1,000
High incomes
22%
Low incomes
45%
Vacancy
11%
Owner-occupied
79%
Social housing
0%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
100%
Built after 2000
20%

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The most affluent neighbourhoods in Oosterhout

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
40 inw/km²
Noise level
45 dB
Green surroundings
77%
Trees nearby
36%
Water share
5%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
175
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.7 µg/m³

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.

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The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Oosterhout

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
2.2 km
Households with children
15%
Childcare
1.8 km
Secondary school
2.9 km
Residents under 15
8%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Oosterhout

Who lives here

Buitengebied Oosterhout has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 25%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–158%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2525%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4519%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6526%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+21%

    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

    1.7smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    63%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    15%far fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    40far less 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 Buitengebied Oosterhout, weighted by population.

Neighbourhoods in Buitengebied Oosterhout

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Bosgebied-Oosterhout4.1
  2. Oranjepolder