het Brunink

het Brunink is a neighbourhood in the Enschede-Zuid district of Enschede, with 500 residents and 179 homes. 99% of homes are owner-occupied and 99% are single-family houses. The average WOZ value (€903,000) is 200% above the municipal average. From a typical postcode here, 76 everyday services are within a 15-minute walk.

Neighbourhood 01530609 · 10 postcodes · Updated 24 October 2026

500residents1 January 2025

€903,000average WOZ home valueEnschede: €301,000

55%green within 500 mEnschede: 26%

76services within 15 minutesmedian postcode

het Brunink in EnschedePostcodes in het Brunink highlighted; the rest of Enschede in grey

Map of Enschede with het Brunink highlighted

Who lives here.

500 residents in 185 households, 2.8 people per household on average; next to the figure for Enschede.

11%

aged 0–14

15%

aged 15–24

14%

aged 25–44

14%

aged 65 and over

one-person households

49%

households with children

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

The average WOZ value of a home in het Brunink is €903,000, against €301,000 in Enschede.

179homes2 newly built in 2025

99%single-family houses1% flats and apartments

99%owner-occupied0% housing association

39%built in the last ten years1% unoccupied

910 m³gas per home per yearEnschede: 730 m³

5,480 kWhelectricity per home per yearEnschede: 2,540 kWh

32%homes off the gas gridEnschede: 17%

88%homes with solar panelsEnschede: 29%

The WOZ value is the official valuation each Dutch municipality sets every year for property tax. It is not a sale price. The averages here use the valuation date of 1 January 2024.

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

How households in het Brunink compare with the national income distribution (reporting year 2024).

7%of households in the lowest 40% nationallyEnschede: 52%

64%in the top 20% nationallyEnschede: 13%

0.2%of residents live below the poverty lineEnschede: 4.9%

€888,000median household wealthEnschede: €35,000

79.0%of 15 to 75-year-olds in workEnschede: 66.0%

52%with a university or higher professional degreeEnschede: 31%

27.0%of workers are self-employedEnschede: 13.0%

1.4cars per householdEnschede: 0.8

Statistics Netherlands ranks every household in the country by income. In a neighbourhood that matched the national mix exactly, 40% of households would fall in the lowest 40% nationally and 20% in the top 20%. Income on its own says nothing about what a place is like to live in.

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2024: income, work and education (CC BY 4.0)

Safety.

Police registered 6 crimes in het Brunink in 2025, 54% fewer than in 2024. That is 12.0 per 1,000 residents, compared with 64.0 across Enschede.

Burglary of homes2

Vandalism and criminal damage1

Registered crime shows what becomes known to the police, not how safe a place feels, and not every crime is reported. Town centres, shopping areas and the streets around stations have few residents but many visitors, which pushes the rate per 1,000 residents up. The categories above are a selection; the total includes every registered crime.

Source: Dutch Police, registered crime by district and neighbourhood, 2024–2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Everyday distances.

Average distance by road for everyone living in het Brunink, a moderately urban area.

Distance to

GP practice1.9 km

Large supermarket1.8 km

Day nursery1.4 km

Primary school1.3 km

Also

Primary schools within 3 km11.3

Primary pupils living here30

Secondary pupils living here30

Business premises85

Residents per km²1,138

Land area44 ha

Source: Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Nearby neighbourhoods.

The closest neighbourhoods in Enschede.

Buurtschap Broekheurne Wesselerbrink Zuid-West Wesselerbrink Zuid-Oost Wesselerbrink Noord-West Helmerhoek-Zuid Wesselerbrink Noord-Oost Enschede-Zuid district