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Living in Enschede-Zuid

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Enschede. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Enschede, and registered crime per resident is lower.

33,650 residents, 15,030 homes, Data: CBS, Politie, RIVM, Kiesraad, Kadaster

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01 · Prices & homes

Homes cost less than the Enschede average.

The average WOZ value in Enschede-Zuid is €292,000, 3% lower than in Enschede (€301,000). Between 2014 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 99%, against a rise of 94% in Enschede. 50% of the homes are owner-occupied, 2 percentage points more than in Enschede (48%).

Key figures
  • Average WOZ value
    €292,000
    3% lower than Enschede (€301,000)
  • Rise in WOZ value since 2014
    +99%
    higher than Enschede (+94%)
  • More figures
  • Owner-occupied dwellings
    50%
    2 percentage points higher than Enschede (48%)
  • Social housing
    42%
    6 percentage points higher than Enschede (36%)
  • Private rent
    8%
    7 percentage points lower than Enschede (15%)
  • Single-family dwellings
    74%
    11 percentage points higher than Enschede (63%)
  • Built 1965–1974
    41%
    25 percentage points higher than Enschede (16%)
  • Built before 1945
    1%
    18 percentage points lower than Enschede (19%)
  • Built 1945–1964
    0%
    16 percentage points lower than Enschede (16%)

WOZ value per year

The average WOZ value rose 99% between 2014 and 2025, to €292,000.

Average WOZ value, 2025
€292,0003% below Enschede
  • +99% since 2014
  • Enschede +94%
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: ~€268 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)

€268/ month

Typical home here, before mortgage and energy

  • 111 m² · estimated gemeente average
  • WOZ €292,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€116NL median
  • Water board levy€40–
  • Property tax (OZB)€30€26
  • Sewage levy€24€22
  • Waste levy€22€27
Costs to set aside€152
  • Maintenance reserve€142–
  • Buildings insurance€10–

Model estimates, not bills.

For this home, Enschede's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 177th 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 111 m² (estimated gemeente average) with the average WOZ value here, €292,000.
  • Levies: Enschede'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

Enschede-Zuid has the 5th-lowest WOZ value of the 10 wijken in the municipality of Enschede.

Netherlands€398,000
Enschede€301,000
Enschede-Zuid€292,000

Enschede-Noord€284,000
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: €292,000 average WOZ value.

ValueDwellingsAged 65+
Enschede-Zuid292,00015,030–
Binnensingelgebied274,00015,505–
Hogeland - Velve329,0005,839–
Boswinkel - Stadsveld274,00010,609–
Twekkelerveld - T.H.T.243,0004,693–
Enschede-Noord284,00010,234–
Ribbelt - Stokhorst332,0004,213–
Bedrijfsterreinen Enschede-West321,000146–
Glanerbrug en omgeving308,0007,201–
Landelijk gebied en kernen515,0004,218–
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 50% of dwellings.

  • Owner-occupied50%
  • Social housing42%
  • Private rent8%
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

74% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.

  • Single-family homes74%
  • Multi-family homes26%
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

43% of dwellings were built between 1975 and 1991, against 20% in the municipality of Enschede.

  • Before 19451.3%
  • 1945-19640.2%
  • 1965-197441.1%
  • 1975-199142.7%
  • 1992-20057.9%
  • 2006-20152.9%
  • 2016 and later3.9%
Explanation

Based on 15,120 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 Enschede average.

In 2025, 28 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Enschede-Zuid, 56% lower than in Enschede (64). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 25%, against a rise of 22% in Enschede. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.

Key figures
  • Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
    28
    56% lower than Enschede (64)
  • Change since 2021
    -25%
    lower than Enschede (+22%)
  • Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
    3.1
    11% lower than Enschede (3.5)

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

In 2025, Enschede-Zuid registered 28 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 64 in the municipality of Enschede.

Enschede-Zuid28
The municipality of Enschede64
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, Enschede-Zuid registered 28 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 64 in the municipality of Enschede.

Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
2856% below Enschede
  • -25% since 2021
  • Enschede +22%
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 Enschede-Zuid is 'Theft and burglary': 10.2 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 36.9 in the municipality of Enschede.

Enschede-ZuidEnschede
  • Theft and burglary10.2
  • Traffic5.0
  • Fraud and scams4.3
  • Vandalism and public order4.0
  • Violence and threats3.4
  • Other and withheld1.2
  • Environmental0.1
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: 3.1 per 1,000 dwellings a year on average, against 3.5 in the municipality of Enschede.

Enschede-Zuid3.15
The municipality of Enschede3.46
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 Enschede-Zuid registered 127 traffic accidents, of which 34 with injury and none fatal.

2020
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 below the Enschede average; green space is below the Enschede average.

An estimated 69% of adults in Enschede-Zuid rate their own health as good, 3 percentage points less than in Enschede. More adults are overweight (59% against 53%) and more feel lonely (52% against 50%), but fewer meet the physical activity guideline (50% against 54%) and fewer drink excessively (5% against 7%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Enschede-Zuid, covering 67% of the area, against 22% in Enschede. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 22% of the area, 2 percentage points below the 24% in Enschede.

Key figures
  • Self-rated health (estimated)
    69%
    3 percentage points lower than Enschede (72%)
  • Green (parks, sport, nature)
    22%
    2 percentage points lower than Enschede (24%)
  • More figures
  • Overweight
    59%
    6 percentage points higher than Enschede (53%)
  • Meets physical activity guideline
    50%
    4 percentage points lower than Enschede (54%)
  • Excessive drinking
    5%
    2 percentage points lower than Enschede (7%)
  • Lonely
    52%
    2 percentage points higher than Enschede (50%)
  • Built-up, share of the area
    67%
    45 percentage points higher than Enschede (22%)
  • Agriculture, share of the area
    4%
    43 percentage points lower than Enschede (47%)
  • Forest and nature, share of the area
    2%
    15 percentage points lower than Enschede (17%)

Health

An estimated 69% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Enschede (2024).

This areaThe municipality of Enschede
Good self-rated health
68.9%
71.9%
Smokes
19.2%
19.9%
Excessive drinking
5.2%
7%
Overweight
58.7%
53.1%
Lonely
52%
50.4%
Anxiety or depression feelings
47.3%
47.9%
Meets physical activity guideline
50.2%
53.9%
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

22% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 24% in the municipality of Enschede.

  • Traffic4.4%
  • Built-up67.4%
  • Other built-up0.4%
  • Recreation19.8%
  • Agriculture4.5%
  • Forest and nature2%
  • Water1.6%
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

04 · Residents

The population is shrinking, while it grows in Enschede.

Enschede-Zuid has 33,650 inhabitants (2026), or 4,519 per km² (3.9 times as high as in Enschede). Between 2014 and 2026 the population fell 1%, against a rise of 3% in Enschede. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Enschede was 73%, 5 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 19% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.

Key figures
  • Population growth since 2014
    -1%
    lower than Enschede (+3%)
  • Turnout, municipality of Enschede
    73%
    5 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
  • More figures
  • Growth of the dwelling stock
    +2%
    lower than Enschede (+4%)
  • Aged 45 to 65
    26%
    1 percentage point higher than Enschede (25%)
  • Never married
    47%
    7 percentage points lower than Enschede (54%)
  • Dutch origin
    57%
    8 percentage points lower than Enschede (65%)
  • Secondary education (havo, vwo, mbo 2–4)
    45%
    3 percentage points higher than Enschede (42%)
  • PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
    19%
    2 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)

Population per year

The population shrank 1% between 2014 and 2026, to 33,650.

Residents, 2026
33,650
  • -1% since 2014
  • Enschede +3%

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Density

With 4,519 residents per km², this wijk is 3.9 times as densely populated as the municipality of Enschede.

Residents per km²4,519
Dwellings per km²2,017.4

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Births and deaths per 1,000 residents

In 2025, 8.5 children were born per 1,000 residents; 11.4 died per 1,000.

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Residents by age group

26% of residents are between 45 and 65.

  • 0 to 155,310
  • 15 to 254,205
  • 25 to 458,000
  • 45 to 658,605
  • 65 to 805,700
  • 80 and over1,835

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Marital status

47% of residents are never married.

  • Never married15,965
  • Married12,900
  • Divorced2,835
  • Widowed1,950

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Residents by country of origin

57% of residents have Dutch origin.

  • Netherlands19,265
  • Europe (excluding the Netherlands)2,960
  • Outside Europe11,430

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026

Education level of residents aged 15 to 75

45% of residents have a havo, vwo or mbo2-4 level education.

  • Primary, vmbo, mbo18,270
  • Havo, vwo, mbo2-411,170
  • Higher professional, university5,460

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024

Parliamentary election

These figures are for the whole municipality of Enschede; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 73% of eligible voters in Enschede voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 19% of the valid votes.

Municipality of EnschedeThe Netherlands
D66
16.9%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
19.5%
16.7%
VVD
11.6%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
13.9%
12.8%
CDA
10.2%
11.8%
JA21
5.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.4%
4.5%
BBB
2%
2.6%
Other
14.7%
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

Enschede-Zuid has an average of 1.0 cars per household, 11% higher than in Enschede (0.9). 17% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 2 percentage points less than in Enschede (19%).

Key figures
  • Government, education and care, share of businesses
    21%
    3 percentage points higher than Enschede (18%)
  • Business services, share of businesses
    21%
    2 percentage points lower than Enschede (23%)
  • Industry and energy, share of businesses
    13%
    1 percentage point higher than Enschede (12%)
  • Cars per household (2025)
    1.0
    11% higher than Enschede (0.9)
  • Cars not on petrol (2025)
    17%
    2 percentage points lower than Enschede (19%)
  • Change in cars not on petrol since 2014
    +3 pp
    higher than Enschede (+2 pp)
  • Residential, share of addresses
    94%
    7 percentage points higher than Enschede (87%)
  • Industrial, share of addresses
    0%
    3 percentage points lower than Enschede (3%)
  • Office, share of addresses
    0%
    1 percentage point lower than Enschede (1%)
  • Private rent
    8%
    6 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
  • Social housing
    42%
    14 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (28%)
  • Multi-family dwellings
    26%
    11 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)

Business establishments by sector

Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 525 establishments.

Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij5
Nijverheid en energie325
Handel en horeca510
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie190
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed85
Zakelijke dienstverlening525
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg525
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten310

Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025

Passenger cars by fuel type

17% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 19% in the municipality of Enschede (2025).

  • Petrol83.1%
  • Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)16.9%
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 14% to 17% between 2014 and 2025.

Share on other fuel, 2025
17%2 percentage points below Enschede (19%)
  • +3 pp since 2014
  • Enschede +2 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, 14,880 passenger cars and 940 motorcycles were registered here.

Passenger cars14,880
Motorcycles940
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

94% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is retail (0.8%).

  • Residential94.1%
  • Retail0.8%
  • Office0.1%
  • Assembly0.4%
  • Healthcare0.5%
  • Industrial0.3%
  • Education0.2%
  • Sports0.2%
  • Other3.8%
Explanation

Based on 16,064 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

4,519 residents per km²: 8.4 times as densely populated as the Dutch average.

This areaThe Netherlands
  • Residents per km²4,519
  • Private rent8%
  • Social housing42%
  • Multi-family dwellings26%
  • Average WOZ value€292,000
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) 2026

06 · Neighbourhoods

Compare the neighbourhoods of Enschede-Zuid

Compare the neighbourhoods of Enschede-Zuid
Het Brunink500€903,00012
Stroinkslanden Noord-Oost3,200€374,00018
Helmerhoek-Noord3,765€353,00028
Stroinkslanden Noord-West2,405€332,00014
Wesselerbrink Noord-West4,550€289,00036

Sources: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026, Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01, 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 district.

How we calculate
Living in Enschede-Zuid (Enschede): WOZ, prices & areas