Sintenbuurt, Eindhoven

Living in Sintenbuurt

Sintenbuurt is city living in its most compact form, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (76%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

At 7,226 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 Sintenbuurt

At €360,000 average WOZ value, Sintenbuurt ranks 47 out of 101 Eindhoven neighborhoods on price, almost exactly the city's midpoint. For scale: Eindhoven's cheapest buurt averages €144,000 and its most expensive €1,204,000, so Sintenbuurt sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2019 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €244,000 to €390,000, up 60% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 62% owner-occupied against 38% rental, including 30% 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, Sintenbuurt is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (35% of its 1,900 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 23%. Households split into 46% singles and 31% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.0 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 41% of households are in the lower national bracket.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 3 large supermarkets within a kilometer; there are about 11 cafés and restaurants within walking distance — enough choice without the crowds.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 7 min walk · GP 4 min · hospital 2.5 km · library 3.8 km · 3 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: 3 primary schools within a kilometer means real choice — and short bike rides; daycare is well covered (6 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is a 3-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 3.6 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; the nearest highway on-ramp is 3.2 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.8 per household).

Energy and running costs

88% 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 Sintenbuurt

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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