district in Tilburg
Berkel-Enschot
Berkel-Enschot has 20 neighbourhoods with 14,685 residents in total.
Berkel-Enschot is a village beside Tilburg, cut into strikingly fine grain: 14,685 residents across a full twenty neighbourhoods, from Berkel Noord to Koningsoord. Wealth & income scores 7.9, a figure that suits the village setting. The overall lands at 7.1. Quiet & nature is the weak point at 4.9, and amenities also stay on the low side at 6.1. Safety sits well above the average at 7.7.
no. 7 of the 54 districts of Tilburg
Short answer: Berkel-Enschot scores 8.2 as a district of Tilburg, no. 7 of the 54 districts of Tilburg. Its strongest neighbourhood is Rauwbraken (9.4), the worst Buitengebied B-E Zuid (2.7). The district has 20 neighbourhoods with 14,685 residents in total.
Key figures for Berkel-Enschot
- residents
- 14,685
- neighbourhoods
- 20
- km² of land
- 11.7
How Berkel-Enschot 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, 280 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
Berkel-Enschot has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
2.5 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
42% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,959 — 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 Berkel-Enschot, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Berkel-Enschot
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Berkel-Enschot.
Neighbourhoods in Berkel-Enschot
Sorted by total grade
- 1Rauwbraken9.4
- 2Enschotse Akkers9.3
- 3Enschot Oost9.1
- 4Ruiven9.0
- 5Bedrijventerrein Enschot9.0
- 6Enschot Midden8.7
- 7Eikenbosch8.3
- 8Berkelse Akkers8.0
- 9Berkel Noord7.7
- 10Oostkamer Oost7.5
- 11Koningsoord7.3
- 12Buitengebied B-E Noord-West6.9
- 13Buitengebied B-E Noord-Oost6.6
- 14Enschot Zuid4.3
- 15Bedrijventerrein Rhijnkant4.2
- 16Buitengebied B-E Zuid-West3.3
- 17Enschot West2.8
- 18Buitengebied B-E Zuid2.7
- –Bedrijventerrein Schepersven
- –Buitengebied B-E Zuid-Oost