The average WOZ value in Paarse Strook is €540,000, 39% higher than in Gilze en Rijen (€388,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 14%, against a rise of 35% in Gilze en Rijen. 98% of the homes are owner-occupied, 33 percentage points more than in Gilze en Rijen (65%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€540,000
▲39% higher than Gilze en Rijen (€388,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+14%
▼lower than Gilze en Rijen (+35%)
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Owner-occupied dwellings
98%
▲33 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (65%)
Social housing
0%
▼28 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (28%)
Private rent
2%
▼5 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (7%)
Single-family dwellings
94%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (84%)
Built 1965–1974
2%
▼16 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (18%)
Built 1975–1991
10%
▼15 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (25%)
Built 2016 and later
19%
▲11 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (8%)
Average WOZ value
€540,000
▲39% higher than Gilze en Rijen (€388,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+14%
▼lower than Gilze en Rijen (+35%)
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Owner-occupied dwellings
98%
▲33 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (65%)
Social housing
0%
▼28 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (28%)
Private rent
2%
▼5 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (7%)
Single-family dwellings
94%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (84%)
Built 1965–1974
2%
▼16 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (18%)
Built 1975–1991
10%
▼15 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (25%)
Built 2016 and later
19%
▲11 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (8%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 14% between 2021 and 2025, to €540,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€540,000▲ 39% above Gilze en Rijen
+14% since 2021
Gilze en Rijen +35%
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: ~€439 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€439/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
228 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €540,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€127NL median
Property tax (OZB)€49€47
Water board levy€47–
Waste levy€18€27
Sewage levy€13€22
Costs to set aside€312
Maintenance reserve€291–
Buildings insurance€21–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Gilze en Rijen's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 25th 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 228 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €540,000.
Levies: Gilze en Rijen'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
Paarse Strook has the 3rd-highest WOZ value of the 11 buurten in Rijen.
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: €540,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Paarse Strook
540,000
52
–
Centrumgebied West Rijen
328,000
738
–
Vijf Eiken
355,000
1,569
–
Wolfsweide
341,000
1,678
–
Centrumgebied Oost Rijen
369,000
840
–
Schildersbuurt
322,000
726
–
Vliegende Vennen
433,000
1,251
–
Bedrijventerrein Haansberg
305,000
25
–
Rijen Zuid
343,000
482
–
Grote Spie
849,000
72
–
Buitengebied Noord Rijen
598,000
52
–
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 98% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied98%
Private rent2%
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
94% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes94%
Multi-family homes6%
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
35% of dwellings were built between 1992 and 2005, against 14% in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen.
Before 194513.5%
1965-19741.9%
1975-19919.6%
1992-200534.6%
2006-201521.2%
2016 and later19.2%
Explanation
Based on 52 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
Too few residents for a rate per resident: these are counts.
Paarse Strook has too few residents for a reliable rate per 1,000 residents (under 200), so counts are shown instead of a comparison. In 2025, 5 crimes were registered, against 9 in 2021. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Registered crimes, 2025
5
▼down from 9 in 2021
Home burglary
1
2023–2025
Registered crimes, 2025
5
▼down from 9 in 2021
Home burglary
1
2023–2025
Registered crime per year
5 crimes were registered in Paarse Strook in 2025 (9 in 2021).
Registered crimes, 2025
5
down from 9 in 2021
Explanation
Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200) — registered crime, not all crime — CBS/Politie 47018NED.
The largest category in Paarse Strook is 'Vandalism and public order': 2 in 2025.
Vandalism and public order2
Traffic2
Theft and burglary1
Violence and threats0
Fraud and scams0
Environmental0
Other and withheld0
Explanation
Too few residents for a reliable per-1,000 figure (threshold 200). 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'.
In 2024, police in Paarse Strook registered 2 traffic accidents, of which 0 with injury and none fatal.
2021
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 Gilze en Rijen average; green space is below the Gilze en Rijen average.
An estimated 81% of adults in Paarse Strook rate their own health as good, 9 percentage points more than in Gilze en Rijen. More adults meet the physical activity guideline (53% against 44%), but fewer are overweight (48% against 56%), fewer feel lonely (38% against 45%) and fewer report anxiety or depression (40% against 45%). Built-up land is the largest land use in Paarse Strook, covering 82% of the area, against 11% in Gilze en Rijen.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
81%
▲9 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (72%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼28 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (28%)
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Meets physical activity guideline
53%
▲9 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (44%)
Overweight
48%
▼8 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (56%)
Lonely
38%
▼7 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (45%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
40%
▼5 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (45%)
Built-up, share of the area
82%
▲71 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (11%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼55 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (55%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼23 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (23%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
81%
▲9 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (72%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
0%
▼28 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (28%)
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Meets physical activity guideline
53%
▲9 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (44%)
Overweight
48%
▼8 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (56%)
Lonely
38%
▼7 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (45%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
40%
▼5 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (45%)
Built-up, share of the area
82%
▲71 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (11%)
Agriculture, share of the area
0%
▼55 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (55%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
0%
▼23 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (23%)
Health
An estimated 81% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Gilze en Rijen
Good self-rated health
81%
72.2%
Smokes
13.7%
15.5%
Excessive drinking
9.1%
5.9%
Overweight
47.6%
56.3%
Lonely
38.3%
45.3%
Anxiety or depression feelings
40.4%
45%
Meets physical activity guideline
53.3%
44.5%
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 28% in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen.
Traffic18.2%
Built-up81.8%
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 gp practice lies here at an average road distance of 500 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
800 m
–
GP practice
500 m
–
Primary school
1,000 m
–
Daycare
1,000 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
1
GP practices
–
1.5
Daycares
–
0.5
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 slower than the Gilze en Rijen average.
Paarse Strook has 145 inhabitants (2026), or 1,228 per km² (2.8 times as high as in Gilze en Rijen). In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen was 81%, 3 percentage points above the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 20% of the vote, against 17% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2021
+4%
▼lower than Gilze en Rijen (+6%)
Turnout, municipality of Gilze en Rijen
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
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Growth of the dwelling stock
+18%
▲higher than Gilze en Rijen (+4%)
Aged 45 to 65
43%
▲16 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (27%)
Never married
46%
▲1 percentage point higher than Gilze en Rijen (45%)
Dutch origin
86%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (76%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
20%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
+4%
▼lower than Gilze en Rijen (+6%)
Turnout, municipality of Gilze en Rijen
81%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (78%)
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Growth of the dwelling stock
+18%
▲higher than Gilze en Rijen (+4%)
Aged 45 to 65
43%
▲16 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (27%)
Never married
46%
▲1 percentage point higher than Gilze en Rijen (45%)
Dutch origin
86%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (76%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
20%
▲3 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population grew 4% between 2021 and 2026, to 145.
Residents, 2026
145
+4% since 2021
Gilze en Rijen +6%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 1,228 residents per km², this buurt is 2.8 times as densely populated as the municipality of Gilze en Rijen.
Residents per km²1,228
Dwellings per km²433.3
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, almost no children were born; almost no one died.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
43% of residents are between 45 and 65.
0 to 1515
15 to 2525
25 to 4525
45 to 6565
65 to 8015
80 and over5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
46% of residents are never married.
Never married65
Married60
Divorced10
Widowed5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
86% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands120
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)10
Outside Europe10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Gilze en Rijen; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 81% of eligible voters in Gilze en Rijen voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 20% of the valid votes.
Municipality of Gilze en RijenThe Netherlands
D66
17.2%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
19.8%
16.7%
VVD
15.9%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
9.1%
12.8%
CDA
13.2%
11.8%
JA21
7.7%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
4.4%
4.5%
BBB
3.1%
2.6%
Other
9.7%
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
Paarse Strook has an average of 2.1 cars per household, 62% higher than in Gilze en Rijen (1.3). 58% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 35 percentage points more than in Gilze en Rijen (23%).
Key figures
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
9%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (18%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
18%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (11%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
9%
▼7 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (16%)
Cars per household (2025)
2.1
▲62% higher than Gilze en Rijen (1.3)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
58%
▲35 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (23%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+33 pp
▲higher than Gilze en Rijen (+6 pp)
Office, share of addresses
23%
▲21 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
14%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (4%)
Residential, share of addresses
71%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (80%)
Multi-family dwellings
6%
▼31 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
Residents per km²
1,228
▲2.3 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Owner-occupied dwellings
98%
▲41 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
9%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (18%)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
18%
▲7 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (11%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
9%
▼7 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (16%)
Cars per household (2025)
2.1
▲62% higher than Gilze en Rijen (1.3)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
58%
▲35 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (23%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+33 pp
▲higher than Gilze en Rijen (+6 pp)
Office, share of addresses
23%
▲21 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (2%)
Industrial, share of addresses
14%
▲10 percentage points higher than Gilze en Rijen (4%)
Residential, share of addresses
71%
▼9 percentage points lower than Gilze en Rijen (80%)
Multi-family dwellings
6%
▼31 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (37%)
Residents per km²
1,228
▲2.3 times as high as the Netherlands (539)
Owner-occupied dwellings
98%
▲41 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Business establishments by sector
Zakelijke dienstverlening is the largest sector, with 15 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie10
Handel en horeca5
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed5
Zakelijke dienstverlening15
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
58% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 23% in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen (2025).
Petrol41.7%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)58.3%
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 25% to 58% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
58%▲ 35 percentage points above Gilze en Rijen (23%)
+33 pp since 2021
Gilze en Rijen +6 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, 120 passenger cars and 20 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars120
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
71% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is office (23%).
Residential71.2%
Retail5.5%
Office23.3%
Healthcare1.4%
Industrial13.7%
Other5.5%
Explanation
Based on 73 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% private rent, against 14% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Private rent2%
NL 14%▼ −86% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings6%
NL 37%▼ −84% vs NL
Residents per km²1,228
NL 539▲ +128% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings98%
NL 57%▲ +72% vs NL
Single-family dwellings94%
NL 63%▲ +49% vs NL
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