Quirijnstok Noord-West, Tilburg

Living in Quirijnstok Noord-West

Quirijnstok Noord-West is urban but not overwhelming, and most of its 446 homes are houses rather than apartments — front doors, gardens, street parking.

At 5,223 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 Quirijnstok Noord-West

The average home value (WOZ) in Quirijnstok Noord-West is €336,000, which puts it at #90 of 202 neighborhoods in Tilburg — 5% pricier than most of the city. You pay for the location here. For scale: Tilburg's cheapest buurt averages €136,000 and its priciest €1,053,000, so Quirijnstok Noord-West sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2017 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €182,000 to €336,000, up 85% — slower than the city as a whole (+93%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 64% owner-occupied against 36% rental, including 28% 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, Quirijnstok Noord-West is a young-adult neighborhood — the 25-to-45 group outnumbers everyone else (26% of its 1,075 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 23%. Households split into 29% singles and 39% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.3 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes lean modest — 33% of households are among the country's lower earners.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 4 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 2 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 16 min walk · GP 14 min · hospital 3.6 km · library 1.4 km · 1 cinema 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 8 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (4 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 6-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 4.7 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; the nearest highway on-ramp is 3.5 km away; households here average 1.1 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

76% 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 Quirijnstok Noord-West

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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