district in Stichtse Vecht
Breukelen
Breukelen has 16 neighbourhoods with 10,790 residents in total.
Breukelen lies on the Vecht in the municipality of Stichtse Vecht and spreads over 10,700 residents across sixteen neighbourhoods. The scores sit mostly above the middle: overall 6.7 and safety 6.9, amenities 7.1, wealth & income 6.7. Quiet & nature lags clearly behind at 5.0. For families, though, the village scores highest of all: 7.8. A well-kept, well-connected river village that is mainly short on quiet and nature.
no. 4 of the 12 districts of Stichtse Vecht
Short answer: Breukelen scores 8.0 as a district of Stichtse Vecht, no. 4 of the 12 districts of Stichtse Vecht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Broeckland (9.7), the worst Rode Dorp (2.7). The district has 16 neighbourhoods with 10,790 residents in total.
Key figures for Breukelen
- residents
- 10,790
- neighbourhoods
- 16
- km² of land
- 18.1
How Breukelen 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, 717 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 Breukelen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1515%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6528%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
2.1 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,216 — 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 Breukelen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Breukelen
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Breukelen.
Highest grades
Neighbourhoods in Breukelen
Sorted by total grade
- 1Broeckland9.7
- 2Breukelen Noord9.4
- 3Breukelen Zuid7.8
- 4Polder Breukelen Proosdij7.6
- 5Breukelen Midden6.5
- 6Polder Nijenrode5.2
- 7Polder Klein Oud Aa5.0
- 8Scheendijk3.6
- 9Landgoed Nijenrode3.2
- 10Polder Breukelerwaard2.9
- 11Polder Kortrijk2.8
- 12Rode Dorp2.7
- –Corridor
- –Kievitsbuurt
- –Kanaalzone Noord Breukelen
- –Kanaalzone Zuid Breukelen