District Engelen
District in municipality Den Bosch · Noord-Brabant
- 2.326 homes
- 5.785 inhabitants
- avg. year of construction 1991
- avg. WOZ € 535.000
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Homes in Engelen
- Homes
- 2.326 addresses with residential function (BAG)
- Average build year
- 1991
- Average living area
- 166 m²
- Housing stock (CBS)
- 2.383 2025
Home type
Energy label
Building period
Residents
- Residents
- 5.785 January 1, 2025
- Households
- 2.365 avg. 2,4 people
- One-person households
- 22%
- Households with children
- 39%
- Population density
- 512 inhabitants per km²
- Area
- 13,4 km² of which 2,1 km² water
Age distribution
Housing and value
- Average WOZ value
- € 535.000 CBS 2024
- Owner-occupied homes
- 88%
- Rental homes
- 12% 4% housing association
- Single-family homes
- 81% 19% multi-family
- Built in the last 10 years
- 7%
- Unoccupied properties
- 3%
- New build in the year
- 1 delivered homes
The WOZ value is the average of all homes in the area (valuation date January 1 of the previous year), not the market value of a specific property.
Energy
- Avg. electricity consumption
- 3.480 kWh per dwelling per year
- Avg. feed-in
- 1.330 kWh solar power per home
- Avg. gas consumption
- 910 m³ per dwelling per year
- Homes with solar panels
- 51%
- Gas-free
- 7%
- Mainly electrically heated
- 14%
Consumption is the average of all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the label distribution is shown under "Woningen".
Amenities and accessibility
- Large supermarket
- 1,1 km avg. distance
- General practice
- 1,2 km avg. distance
- Primary school
- 700 m avg. distance
- Daycare
- 700 m avg. distance
- Schools within 3 km
- 2
- Urbanity
- Non-urban 394 addresses per km²
- Cars per household
- 1,2 2.921 passenger cars
- Company locations
- 1.070 of which 140 retail and hospitality
Road distances, averaged for all residents of the area (CBS).
Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green
- Average noise level (Lden)
- 48 dB municipality 52 dB
- Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
- 8% municipality 22%
- Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
- 0% municipality 2%
- Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
- 19% municipality 2%
- 's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
- 2% municipality 8%
Noise level of the 2.326 homes
Flooding
- Homes that may flood
- 87% municipality 97%
- Of which more than 0.5 m water
- 86%
- Of which more than 2 m water
- 83%
- Maximum water depth
- 11,4 m average 2,8 m where it floods
Air, light and green
- NO₂
- 11,5 µg/m³ 100% above WHO advice (10)
- PM2,5
- 8,8 µg/m³ 100% above WHO recommendation (5)
- PM10
- 14,7 µg/m³ 0% above WHO advice (15)
- Night lighting
- Dimmed municipality: dim
- Green within 500 m
- 85% municipality 56%
Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.
Climate and safety
- Apparent temperature on a hot day
- 44–45 °C extreme heat stress
- Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
- 95% municipality 89%
- Urban heat island effect
- 0,2–0,4 °C on average warmer than the surrounding area
- Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
- 92% municipality 87%
- Homes with moderate or high flood risk
- 0% municipality 70%
- Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
- 70% municipality 81%
- Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
- 7% municipality 4%
- Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
- 1% municipality 1%
- Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
- 17% municipality 4%
Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.
Safety
- Crimes per 1,000 inhabitants
- 29 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
- Registered crimes
- 167 +27% vs. the previous year
- Residential burglaries per 1,000 homes
- 1,3 3 burglaries
- Municipality
- 59 per 1,000 inhabitants
- Netherlands
- 45 per 1,000 inhabitants
Types of crimes (last 12 months)
Per year
Source: police, registered crimes per area (CBS/police open data, monthly figures). Per 1,000 inhabitants based on the area's population; not every crime is reported.
Liveability
Very good Liveability meter 2024
very insufficientexcellent
- Liveability
- Very good class 8 of 9, measurement 2024
- Score
- 4,21 +0,10 vs. the national average
- Since the previous measurement
- +0,01 measurement 2022: Very good
- Municipality
- Good score 4,12
Five dimensions, deviation from the national average
- Physical environment green, water, buildings, noise −0,02 sufficient
- Housing stock type, construction year, ownership +0,05 more than sufficient
- Amenities shops, schools, healthcare, public transport −0,07 weak
- Social cohesion population composition, relocations +0,05 more than sufficient
- Nuisance and insecurity crime and nuisance +0,09 good
Source: Leefbaarometer 3.0 (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, CC0), biennial estimate based on over a hundred characteristics; the score expresses how residents rate livability on average. Negative = below the national average.
Income and work
- Avg. income per resident
- € 46.300 per year
- Avg. income per income recipient
- € 55.200 per year
- Median household wealth
- € 380.600
- Net labour participation
- 77% from 15 to 75 years
- Self-employed
- 22% of the working population
- Top 20% incomes
- 33,9% share of people (nationally 20%)