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Living in Den Brabander

The population is growing faster than in Alphen-Chaam. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam, and registered crime per resident is lower.

610 residents, 250 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost more than the Alphen-Chaam average.

The average WOZ value in Den Brabander is €510,000, 7% higher than in Alphen-Chaam (€477,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 37%, against a rise of 28% in Alphen-Chaam. 84% of the homes are owner-occupied, 9 percentage points more than in Alphen-Chaam (75%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €510,000
    7% higher than Alphen-Chaam (€477,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2021
    +37%
    higher than Alphen-Chaam (+28%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    84%
    9 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (75%)
  • Social housing
    9%
    4 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (13%)
  • Private rent
    6%
    6 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (12%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    98%
    9 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (89%)
  • Built 2016 and later
    30%
    20 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (10%)
  • Built 1975–1991
    3%
    19 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (22%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    3%
    15 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (18%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 37% between 2021 and 2025, to €510,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€510,0007% above Alphen-Chaam
  • +37% since 2021
  • Alphen-Chaam +28%
Explanation

The WOZ value as struck on 1 January of the year before the KWB edition.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Modelled ownership costs

Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€356 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€356/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 152 m² · measured buurt average
  • WOZ €510,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€149NL median
  • Water board levy€46–
  • Property tax (OZB)€43€45
  • Sewage levy€34€22
  • Waste levy€26€27
Costs to set aside€207
  • Maintenance reserve€193–
  • Buildings insurance€14–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Alphen-Chaam's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 240th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.

cheapestdearest

Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.

Explanation
  • The home: one typical home of 152 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €510,000.
  • Levies: Alphen-Chaam's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
  • Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
  • NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
  • Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.

Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026

Dwelling value ladder

Den Brabander has the 2nd-highest WOZ value of the 6 buurten in Chaam.

Netherlands€398,000
Alphen-Chaam€477,000
Chaam€467,000
Den Brabander€510,000

Wolfsdonk€445,000
Roode Beek€425,000
Centrum Chaam€402,000
Elsakker€387,000
Explanation

Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

WOZ value and age structure

Here: €510,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Den Brabander510,000250–
Centrum Chaam402,000199–
Roode Beek425,000289–
Elsakker387,000411–
Wolfsdonk445,000243–
Buitengebied Chaam567,000518–
Explanation

Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)

Dwellings by ownership

The largest category is owner-occupied, at 84% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied84%
  • Social housing9%
  • Private rent6%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by type

98% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes98%
  • Multi-family homes2%
Explanation

CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Dwellings by build period

50% of dwellings were built between 2006 and 2015, against 12% in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

  • Before 19456.9%
  • 1945-19645%
  • 1965-19743.1%
  • 1975-19912.7%
  • 1992-20052.3%
  • 2006-201550.2%
  • 2016 and later29.7%
Explanation

Based on 259 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

02 · Safety

Less registered crime per resident than the Alphen-Chaam average.

In 2025, 20 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Den Brabander, 31% lower than in Alphen-Chaam (29). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 21%, against a rise of 1% in Alphen-Chaam. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    20
    31% lower than Alphen-Chaam (29)
  • Change since 2021
    -21%
    lower than Alphen-Chaam (+1%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    2.7
    46% lower than Alphen-Chaam (5.0)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Den Brabander registered 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 29 in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

Den Brabander20
The municipality of Alphen-Chaam29
Explanation

Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Registered crime per year

In 2025, Den Brabander registered 20 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 29 in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2031% below Alphen-Chaam
  • -21% since 2021
  • Alphen-Chaam +1%
Explanation

Registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED. A year without a matching population figure (KWB) is left out.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Crime by category

The largest category in Den Brabander is 'Theft and burglary': 6.7 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 11.1 in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

Den BrabanderAlphen-Chaam
  • Theft and burglary6.7
  • Fraud and scams6.7
  • Vandalism and public order3.4
  • Violence and threats1.7
  • Traffic1.7
  • Environmental0.0
  • Other and withheld0.0
Explanation

Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Home burglary

Home burglary 2023-2025: 2.7 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 5.0 in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

Den Brabander2.67
The municipality of Alphen-Chaam4.98
Explanation

Averaged over 3 years (2023-2025) to dampen year-to-year noise at low counts.

Source: CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025

Traffic accidents by outcome

In 2024, police in Den Brabander registered 1 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.

2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation

Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.

Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024

03 · Living environment

Residents rate their health above the Alphen-Chaam average; green space is below the Alphen-Chaam average.

An estimated 80% of adults in Den Brabander rate their own health as good, 4 percentage points more than in Alphen-Chaam. Fewer adults feel lonely (39% against 41%), fewer smoke (11% against 12%), fewer drink excessively (5% against 6%) and fewer are overweight (51% against 52%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Den Brabander, covering 74% of the area, against 4% in Alphen-Chaam.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    80%
    4 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (76%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    0%
    25 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (25%)
  • More figures
  • Lonely
    39%
    2 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (41%)
  • Overweight
    51%
    1 percentage point lower than Alphen-Chaam (52%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    44%
    1 percentage point lower than Alphen-Chaam (45%)
  • Excessive drinking
    5%
    1 percentage point lower than Alphen-Chaam (6%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    74%
    70 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (4%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    16%
    53 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (69%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    0%
    22 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (22%)

Health

An estimated 80% of adults rate their own health as good, against 76% in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Alphen-Chaam
Good self-rated health
79.8%
76.2%
Smokes
11.2%
11.8%
Excessive drinking
5.3%
6.5%
Overweight
50.6%
52.4%
Lonely
39.2%
41.3%
Anxiety or depression feelings
40.7%
41.3%
Meets physical activity guideline
43.6%
45.2%
Explanation

An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.

Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024

Land use

0% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 25% in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

  • Built-up73.7%
  • Other built-up10.5%
  • Agriculture15.8%
Explanation

Every share is calculated as a percentage of the TOTAL area (land and water together, peiljaar 2022); water is therefore one of the slices itself, not a separate whole. Green is the sum of recreational terrain (parks, sport fields, allotments, day recreation) and natural terrain (forest, open natural terrain) — agricultural land is not counted as green here.

Source: CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022

Distance to amenities

A large supermarket lies here at an average road distance of 700 m.

DistanceValue
Large supermarket700 m–
GP practice800 m–
Primary school900 m–
Daycare800 m–
Large supermarkets–2
GP practices–0.8
Daycares–2.2
Explanation

Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.

Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025

04 · Residents

The population is growing faster than the Alphen-Chaam average.

Den Brabander has 610 inhabitants (2026), or 3,111 per km² (27.5 times as high as in Alphen-Chaam). Between 2021 and 2026 the population rose 11%, against a rise of 1% in Alphen-Chaam. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam was 85%, 7 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, VVD had the highest share there: 22% of the vote, against 14% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2021
    +11%
    higher than Alphen-Chaam (+1%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Alphen-Chaam
    85%
    7 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +16%
    higher than Alphen-Chaam (+4%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    29%
    about the same as Alphen-Chaam (29%)
  • Never married
    54%
    11 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (43%)
  • Dutch origin
    88%
    4 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (84%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    68%
    21 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (47%)
  • VVD, share of the vote
    22%
    8 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)

Population per year

The population grew 11% between 2021 and 2026, to 610.

Residents, 2026
610
  • +11% since 2021
  • Alphen-Chaam +1%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 3,111 residents per km², this buurt is 28 times as densely populated as the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

Residents per km²3,111
Dwellings per km²1,250

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.4 children were born per 1,000 residents; almost no one died.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

29% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 15110
  • 15 to 2565
  • 25 to 45165
  • 45 to 65175
  • 65 to 8075
  • 80 and over15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

54% of residents are never married.

  • Never married325
  • Married225
  • Divorced40
  • Widowed15

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

88% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands545
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)50
  • Outside Europe25

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

68% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo190
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-4190

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Alphen-Chaam; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 85% of eligible voters in Alphen-Chaam voted. The largest party was VVD with 22% of the valid votes.

Municipality of Alphen-ChaamThe Netherlands
D66
14.4%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
16.4%
16.7%
VVD
22.5%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
6.8%
12.8%
CDA
15.9%
11.8%
JA21
7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.7%
4.5%
BBB
6.4%
2.6%
Other
5.8%
14.4%
Explanation

Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.

Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025

05 · More figures

More figures

Den Brabander has an average of 1.4 cars per household, 7% lower than in Alphen-Chaam (1.5). 22% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 2 percentage points more than in Alphen-Chaam (20%).

Key figures
  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
    0%
    14 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (14%)
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    23%
    8 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (15%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    8%
    7 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (15%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.4
    7% lower than Alphen-Chaam (1.5)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    22%
    2 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (20%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
    +5 pp
    higher than Alphen-Chaam (+3 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    97%
    11 percentage points higher than Alphen-Chaam (86%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    1%
    8 percentage points lower than Alphen-Chaam (9%)
  • Assembly, share of addresses
    1%
    1 percentage point lower than Alphen-Chaam (2%)
  • Residents per km²
    3,111
    5.8 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
  • Social housing
    9%
    19 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Private rent
    6%
    8 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 20 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie5
Handel en horeca10
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening20
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg15
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

22% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 20% in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam (2025).

  • Petrol77.9%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)22.1%
Explanation

CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Share on other fuel per year

The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 17% to 22% between 2021 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
22%2 percentage points above Alphen-Chaam (20%)
  • +5 pp since 2021
  • Alphen-Chaam +3 pp
Explanation

See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Vehicles by kind

In 2025, 340 passenger cars and 20 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars340
Motorcycles20
Explanation

At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Addresses by building use

97% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (1%).

  • Residential96.6%
  • Retail1.1%
  • Office0.4%
  • Assembly1.1%
  • Industrial0.7%
  • Other1.1%
Explanation

Based on 268 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01

Biggest difference from the Netherlands

2% multi-family dwellings, against 37% nationally.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Multi-family dwellings2%
  • Residents per km²3,111
  • Social housing9%
  • Private rent6%
  • Single-family dwellings98%
Explanation

The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

06 · Nearby areas

Other neighbourhoods in Alphen-Chaam

Other neighbourhoods in Alphen-Chaam
Buitengebied Chaam1,245€567,00061
Wolfsdonk570€445,00030
Roode Beek655€425,00016
Centrum Chaam375€402,00054
Elsakker760€387,00013

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, CBS proximity statistics 2025, CBS/Politie geregistreerde misdrijven (47018NED) 2025, BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024, Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025, RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024, CBS Bodemgebruik (86211NED) 2022, Municipal levies + CBS 2026. Figures describe the whole neighbourhood.

How we calculate
Living in Den Brabander (Alphen-Chaam): WOZ, prices & safety