The population is shrinking, while it grows in Sluis. Homes cost more than the average in the municipality of Sluis, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in Verspreide huizen Breskens is €437,000, 31% higher than in Sluis (€334,000). Between 2021 and 2025 the average WOZ value rose 75%, against a rise of 38% in Sluis. 85% of the homes are owner-occupied, 18 percentage points more than in Sluis (67%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€437,000
▲31% higher than Sluis (€334,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+75%
▲higher than Sluis (+38%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
85%
▲18 percentage points higher than Sluis (67%)
Social housing
0%
▼16 percentage points lower than Sluis (16%)
Private rent
11%
▼1 percentage point lower than Sluis (12%)
Single-family dwellings
100%
▲16 percentage points higher than Sluis (84%)
Built 1945–1964
12%
▼13 percentage points lower than Sluis (25%)
Built 1975–1991
22%
▲6 percentage points higher than Sluis (16%)
Built 1992–2005
7%
▼5 percentage points lower than Sluis (12%)
Average WOZ value
€437,000
▲31% higher than Sluis (€334,000)
Rise in WOZ value since 2021
+75%
▲higher than Sluis (+38%)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
85%
▲18 percentage points higher than Sluis (67%)
Social housing
0%
▼16 percentage points lower than Sluis (16%)
Private rent
11%
▼1 percentage point lower than Sluis (12%)
Single-family dwellings
100%
▲16 percentage points higher than Sluis (84%)
Built 1945–1964
12%
▼13 percentage points lower than Sluis (25%)
Built 1975–1991
22%
▲6 percentage points higher than Sluis (16%)
Built 1992–2005
7%
▼5 percentage points lower than Sluis (12%)
WOZ value per year
The average WOZ value rose 75% between 2021 and 2025, to €437,000.
Average WOZ value, 2025
€437,000▲ 31% above Sluis
+75% since 2021
Sluis +38%
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: ~€372 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€372/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
156 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €437,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€159NL median
Water board levy€44–
Property tax (OZB)€43€38
Sewage levy€37€22
Waste levy€35€27
Costs to set aside€213
Maintenance reserve€199–
Buildings insurance€14–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Sluis's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 321st 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 156 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €437,000.
Levies: Sluis'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
Verspreide huizen Breskens has the highest WOZ value of the 2 buurten in Breskens.
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: €437,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Verspreide huizen Breskens
437,000
215
–
Breskens
311,000
2,628
–
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 85% of dwellings.
Owner-occupied85%
Private rent11%
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
100% of the dwelling stock is single-family homes.
Single-family homes100%
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
33% of dwellings were built before 1945, against 21% in the municipality of Sluis.
Before 194532.9%
1945-196411.7%
1965-197417.3%
1975-199122.1%
1992-20057.4%
2006-20152.6%
2016 and later6.1%
Explanation
Based on 231 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
More registered crime per resident than the Sluis average.
In 2025, 74 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Verspreide huizen Breskens, 2.2 times as high as in Sluis (33). Since 2021 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 6%, against a fall of 7% in Sluis. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
74
▲2.2 times as high as Sluis (33)
Change since 2021
-6%
▲higher than Sluis (-7%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
9.3
▲4.7 times as high as Sluis (2.0)
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
74
▲2.2 times as high as Sluis (33)
Change since 2021
-6%
▲higher than Sluis (-7%)
Home burglary per 1,000 dwellings
9.3
▲4.7 times as high as Sluis (2.0)
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Verspreide huizen Breskens registered 74 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 33 in the municipality of Sluis.
Verspreide huizen Breskens74
The municipality of Sluis33
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.
The largest category in Verspreide huizen Breskens is 'Theft and burglary': 36.9 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 11.2 in the municipality of Sluis.
Verspreide huizen BreskensSluis
Theft and burglary36.9
Sluis 11.2▲ +229% vs Sluis
Violence and threats12.3
Sluis 4.1▲ +200% vs Sluis
Fraud and scams9.2
Sluis 4.6▲ +100% vs Sluis
Traffic9.2
Sluis 6.6▲ +39% vs Sluis
Vandalism and public order6.2
Sluis 4.3▲ +44% vs Sluis
Environmental0.0
Sluis 0.2≈ Sluis
Other and withheld0.0
Sluis 1.5▼ −100% vs Sluis
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'.
In 2024, police in Verspreide huizen Breskens registered 5 traffic accidents, of which 2 with injury and 1 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 above the Sluis average; green space is above the Sluis average.
An estimated 79% of adults in Verspreide huizen Breskens rate their own health as good, 9 percentage points more than in Sluis. Fewer adults feel lonely (39% against 53%), fewer report anxiety or depression (38% against 46%) and fewer smoke (12% against 16%), but more meet the physical activity guideline (52% against 43%). Agricultural land is the largest land use in Verspreide huizen Breskens, covering 59% of the area, against 79% in Sluis. Green space such as parks, sports fields, forest and nature covers 26% of the area, 20 percentage points above the 6% in Sluis.
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
79%
▲9 percentage points higher than Sluis (70%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
26%
▲20 percentage points higher than Sluis (6%)
More figures
Lonely
39%
▼14 percentage points lower than Sluis (53%)
Meets physical activity guideline
52%
▲9 percentage points higher than Sluis (43%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
38%
▼8 percentage points lower than Sluis (46%)
Smokes
12%
▼4 percentage points lower than Sluis (16%)
Agriculture, share of the area
59%
▼20 percentage points lower than Sluis (79%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
19%
▲16 percentage points higher than Sluis (3%)
Water, share of the area
5%
▼4 percentage points lower than Sluis (9%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
79%
▲9 percentage points higher than Sluis (70%)
Green (parks, sport, nature)
26%
▲20 percentage points higher than Sluis (6%)
More figures
Lonely
39%
▼14 percentage points lower than Sluis (53%)
Meets physical activity guideline
52%
▲9 percentage points higher than Sluis (43%)
Anxiety or depression feelings
38%
▼8 percentage points lower than Sluis (46%)
Smokes
12%
▼4 percentage points lower than Sluis (16%)
Agriculture, share of the area
59%
▼20 percentage points lower than Sluis (79%)
Forest and nature, share of the area
19%
▲16 percentage points higher than Sluis (3%)
Water, share of the area
5%
▼4 percentage points lower than Sluis (9%)
Health
An estimated 79% of adults rate their own health as good, against 70% in the municipality of Sluis (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Sluis
Good self-rated health
79.1%
69.8%
Smokes
12%
16%
Excessive drinking
7.1%
8.2%
Overweight
50.8%
54.6%
Lonely
38.6%
52.8%
Anxiety or depression feelings
37.8%
45.7%
Meets physical activity guideline
51.7%
43.3%
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
26% of the area is green (parks, sport, nature), against 6% in the municipality of Sluis.
Traffic2.1%
Built-up3.8%
Other built-up4.2%
Recreation6.8%
Agriculture59.1%
Forest and nature19%
Water5.1%
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 1800 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
1,800 m
–
GP practice
2,200 m
–
Primary school
2,300 m
–
Daycare
2,400 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0.1
GP practices
–
0
Daycares
–
0
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 shrinking, while it grows in Sluis.
Verspreide huizen Breskens has 340 inhabitants (2026), or 29 per km² (65% lower than in Sluis). Between 2021 and 2026 the population fell 1%, against no real change in Sluis. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Sluis was 78%, in line with the national figure. Of the parties that are largest nationally, PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) had the highest share there: 21% 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
-1%
▼lower than Sluis (+0%)
Turnout, municipality of Sluis
78%
=about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
-59%
▼lower than Sluis (+0%)
Aged 45 to 65
43%
▲15 percentage points higher than Sluis (28%)
Married
49%
▲7 percentage points higher than Sluis (42%)
Dutch origin
77%
▲16 percentage points higher than Sluis (61%)
Lower education (primary, vmbo, mbo 1)
48%
▲17 percentage points higher than Sluis (31%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population growth since 2021
-1%
▼lower than Sluis (+0%)
Turnout, municipality of Sluis
78%
=about the same as the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
-59%
▼lower than Sluis (+0%)
Aged 45 to 65
43%
▲15 percentage points higher than Sluis (28%)
Married
49%
▲7 percentage points higher than Sluis (42%)
Dutch origin
77%
▲16 percentage points higher than Sluis (61%)
Lower education (primary, vmbo, mbo 1)
48%
▲17 percentage points higher than Sluis (31%)
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid), share of the vote
21%
▲4 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (17%)
Population per year
The population shrank 1% between 2021 and 2026, to 340.
Residents, 2026
340
-1% since 2021
Sluis +0%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 29 residents per km², this buurt is 65% less densely populated than the municipality of Sluis.
Residents per km²29
Dwellings per km²18.5
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 1520
15 to 2530
25 to 4545
45 to 65145
65 to 8085
80 and over15
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
48% of residents are married.
Never married115
Married165
Divorced40
Widowed20
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
77% of residents have Dutch origin.
Netherlands265
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)75
Outside Europe5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Education level of residents aged 15 to 75
48% of residents have a primary, vmbo or mbo1 level education.
Primary, vmbo, mbo1130
Havo, vwo, mbo2-470
Higher professional, university70
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2024
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Sluis; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 78% of eligible voters in Sluis voted. The largest party was PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) with 21% of the valid votes.
Municipality of SluisThe Netherlands
D66
11.6%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
21.1%
16.7%
VVD
18.5%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
9.6%
12.8%
CDA
12.6%
11.8%
JA21
6.6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
5.1%
4.5%
BBB
5.4%
2.6%
Other
9.5%
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
Verspreide huizen Breskens has an average of 1.9 cars per household, 58% higher than in Sluis (1.2). 31% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 11 percentage points more than in Sluis (20%).
Key figures
Government, education and care, share of businesses
3%
▼8 percentage points lower than Sluis (11%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
33%
▲7 percentage points higher than Sluis (26%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
10%
▼4 percentage points lower than Sluis (14%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.9
▲58% higher than Sluis (1.2)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
31%
▲11 percentage points higher than Sluis (20%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+11 pp
▲higher than Sluis (+5 pp)
Lodging, share of addresses
79%
▲54 percentage points higher than Sluis (25%)
Residential, share of addresses
11%
▼48 percentage points lower than Sluis (59%)
Industrial, share of addresses
13%
▲8 percentage points higher than Sluis (5%)
Single-family dwellings
100%
▲37 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
85%
▲28 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Private rent
11%
▼3 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Government, education and care, share of businesses
3%
▼8 percentage points lower than Sluis (11%)
Trade and hospitality, share of businesses
33%
▲7 percentage points higher than Sluis (26%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, share of businesses
10%
▼4 percentage points lower than Sluis (14%)
Cars per household (2025)
1.9
▲58% higher than Sluis (1.2)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
31%
▲11 percentage points higher than Sluis (20%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2021
+11 pp
▲higher than Sluis (+5 pp)
Lodging, share of addresses
79%
▲54 percentage points higher than Sluis (25%)
Residential, share of addresses
11%
▼48 percentage points lower than Sluis (59%)
Industrial, share of addresses
13%
▲8 percentage points higher than Sluis (5%)
Single-family dwellings
100%
▲37 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (63%)
Owner-occupied dwellings
85%
▲28 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (57%)
Private rent
11%
▼3 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (14%)
Business establishments by sector
Handel en horeca is the largest sector, with 50 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij15
Nijverheid en energie20
Handel en horeca50
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie10
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed15
Zakelijke dienstverlening25
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg5
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
31% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 20% in the municipality of Sluis (2025).
Petrol69.5%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)30.5%
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 20% to 31% between 2021 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
31%▲ 11 percentage points above Sluis (20%)
+11 pp since 2021
Sluis +4 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, 295 passenger cars and 25 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars295
Motorcycles25
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
11% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is lodging (79%).
Residential11.2%
Retail0.4%
Office0.5%
Assembly0.3%
Industrial13.2%
Lodging78.7%
Sports0.1%
Other0.4%
Explanation
Based on 2,055 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
29 residents per km²: 95% less densely populated than the Dutch average.
This areaThe Netherlands
Residents per km²29
NL 539▼ −95% vs NL
Single-family dwellings100%
NL 63%▲ +59% vs NL
Owner-occupied dwellings85%
NL 57%▲ +49% vs NL
Private rent11%
NL 14%▼ −21% vs NL
Average WOZ value€437,000
NL €398,000▲ +10% 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) 2026