district in Oosterhout
Oosterheide
Oosterheide has 6 neighbourhoods with 8,845 residents in total.
Oosterheide is Oosterhout's reconstruction-era district on the sandy soil, six neighbourhoods from the Schrijversbuurt to the De Warande estate woods. The numbers vary widely from one to the next — a 3.0 in the Schrijversbuurt against an 8.1 for De Warande — and the district as a whole lands on 4.0. The woods and pool at the edge are the constant.
no. 9 of the 14 districts of Oosterhout
Short answer: Oosterheide scores 5.4 as a district of Oosterhout, no. 9 of the 14 districts of Oosterhout. Its strongest neighbourhood is De Warande (9.2), the worst Bloemenbuurt (2.9). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 8,845 residents in total.
Key figures for Oosterheide
- residents
- 8,845
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 2.8
How Oosterheide 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, 405 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.
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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
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Oosterheide looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,158 — 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 Oosterheide, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oosterheide
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Neighbourhoods in Oosterheide
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