district in Zaltbommel
Brakel
Brakel has 10 neighbourhoods with 8,600 residents in total.
Safe, but everything is a drive away
Brakel bundles the Bommelerwaard dike villages of Brakel, Aalst, Zuilichem and Poederoijen along the Waal — ten neighbourhoods with Loevestein castle as the famous neighbour. Quiet and nature scores 7.8 and safety 8.0. Amenities (5.0) sometimes require leaving the village. Overall: 7.7.
no. 3 of the 4 districts of Zaltbommel
Short answer: Brakel scores 7.7 as a district of Zaltbommel, no. 3 of the 4 districts of Zaltbommel. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zuilichem (9.4), the worst Verspreide huizen in de polder Poederoijen (5.5). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 8,600 residents in total.
Key figures for Brakel
- residents
- 8,600
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 32.1
How Brakel 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, 155 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
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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
Brakel has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 14%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
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
2.4 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
32% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
39% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,244 — far 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 Brakel, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Brakel
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Brakel.
Neighbourhoods in Brakel
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