Schrijversbuurt, Eindhoven

Living in Schrijversbuurt

Schrijversbuurt is densely built and genuinely urban, and most of its 1,624 homes are houses rather than apartments — front doors, gardens, street parking.

At 5,946 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Eindhoven's housing market rides the Brainport tech economy — ASML and its suppliers pull in international engineers on good salaries, and prices in family neighborhoods have risen accordingly. English-speaking buyers are common here, which shows in how listings are marketed.

The housing market in Schrijversbuurt

At €507,000 average WOZ value, Schrijversbuurt ranks 31 out of 101 Eindhoven neighborhoods on price — 35% pricier than most of the city. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Eindhoven's cheapest buurt averages €173,000 and its priciest €1,417,000, so Schrijversbuurt sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2019 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €353,000 to €507,000, up 44% — slower than the city as a whole (+57%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 60% owner-occupied against 40% rental, including 22% social housing. Enough homes trade hands to give you comparable sales, but check what's actually for sale versus rented in the specific block you're eyeing — the mix can flip from one street to the next.

Who lives here

Demographically, Schrijversbuurt is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (26% of its 3,520 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 26%. Households split into 54% singles and 22% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 1.8 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: this is a neighborhood of contrasts — 47% of households are among the country's lower earners, yet the average income per resident is €39,000 a year. Social housing and expensive owner-occupied homes stand side by side here, which is common in Dutch inner cities.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 6 minutes' walk; with roughly 45 cafés and restaurants within a kilometer, you will never cook out of necessity.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 7 min walk · GP 7 min · hospital 2.6 km · library 1.8 km · 4 cinemas within 5 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 12 minutes on foot; daycare is 0.6 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 2-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 10-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 3.5 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.7 per household).

Energy and running costs

89% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Schrijversbuurt

Before you bid in Schrijversbuurt: in a premium buurt the risk isn't buying a bad home, it's overpaying for a good one — anchor your bid on recent sales of comparable homes, not on the asking price.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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