Kleurenbuurt Zuid, Tilburg

Living in Kleurenbuurt Zuid

Kleurenbuurt Zuid is densely built and genuinely urban, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (30% houses).

At 5,177 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Tilburg offers some of the most affordable urban living in the south of the country, with a growing university presence and former textile-industry areas steadily converting into housing. Your euro buys noticeably more square meters here than in the Randstad.

The housing market in Kleurenbuurt Zuid

The average home value (WOZ) in Kleurenbuurt Zuid is €263,000, which puts it at #130 of 200 neighborhoods in Tilburg — 10% below the city median, which makes it one of the more approachable entry points into the city. For scale: Tilburg's cheapest buurt averages €113,000 and its most expensive €910,000, so Kleurenbuurt Zuid sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2017 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €140,000 to €268,000, up 91% — 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: 44% owner-occupied against 56% rental. 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, Kleurenbuurt Zuid is one of the older neighborhoods in the city — seniors form the largest group (50% of its 855 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 18%. More than half of all households (63%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.6 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 57% 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; dining out means a short trip: only 2 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 6 min walk · GP 11 min · hospital 2.2 km · library 0.9 km · 2 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 7 minutes on foot; daycare is 0.6 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is an 8-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is an 8-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 4.8 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.7 per household).

Energy and running costs

Since 100% of the stock predates 2000, always check the energy label of a specific listing — the difference between label C and label F on an average home here is easily a few thousand euros a year in heating, and it changes what you can sensibly bid.

Before you bid in Kleurenbuurt Zuid

Before you bid in Kleurenbuurt Zuid: with many older residents, more homes will come to market here over the coming years than the recent past suggests — patience can pay.

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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