In 1408, the area now known as Westerpark was then known as Buursteden. Later, the area gets its current name of Westerpark.[2] Breda had to build between 1995 and 2015 16.000 houses, so in 1996 Breda started building Westerpark, a Vinex-location having 1.427 houses.[3]
Demographics
Westerpark has 3.455 people, the age group of Westerpark is:
Age group
Population in numbers
Population in percentages
0-15
525
15.2%
15-25
440
12.7%
25-45
820
23.7%
45-65
1.065
30.8%
65 or above
605
17.5%
88,9% of inhabitants are born in the Netherlands, 11,1% are born outside the Netherlands.
59,7% of people born outside the Netherlands are born outside of Europe, 40,3% of people are born inside of Europe.[1]
Facilities
Westerpark has 4 schools, which are De Boomgaard (elementary school), De Campus, which are 3 middle schools consisting of Orion Lyceum (HAVO and VWO), Markenhage (MAVO, HAVO and VWO) and Michaël College (Dalton Education giving MAVO, HAVO and VWO).[4]
At the Steppevlinder, there is a GP named MediVonk. There is a gym named MyLife at Zandoogjes.[5]
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