Apartments and flats for Rent in Moerdijk

An apartment for rent in Moerdijk is rarely in the village called Moerdijk. The municipality of 36,944 people on the Brabant side of the Hollands Diep is a group of villages, and its flats are spread over places such as Zevenbergen, Klundert and Willemstad. Based on over 100 apartment listings tracked on RentHunter in Moerdijk since March 2024, an apartment averages €966 a month for 60 m², 32% less than the €1,411 average in Breda.

That gap is why people rent an apartment in Moerdijk. Most tenants commute to Rotterdam or Breda or work at the port and industrial area that carries the Moerdijk name, and couples and small families come for the space per euro: 48% of apartment listings mention a balcony.

The Dutch still say "boven of onder de Moerdijk", north or south of the Moerdijk bridges, to split the Netherlands in two. For a renter the line is practical: north of the bridges lie the Rotterdam jobs, south of them the Brabant rents. If you need a garden of your own, the houses for rent in Moerdijk are the other route.

Each village of Moerdijk has its own centre, so the village you pick decides whether you need a car. Picture a weekday: from a flat in Zevenbergen you cycle to the station, from Willemstad you start with the bus.

Zevenbergen is the largest village of the municipality and has the town hall, the main shopping streets and a train station. A flat here suits commuters without a car and anyone who wants to do daily errands on foot. It is also where you go for a registration appointment at the gemeente.

Klundert is a small fortified town west of Zevenbergen, with a Renaissance town hall on its market square and a compact centre inside the old ramparts. Apartments come up less often than in Zevenbergen. A flat here suits renters who want quiet streets and do not mind cycling or driving to the station.

Willemstad sits on the Hollands Diep with star-shaped fortress walls and a yacht harbour, and the dikes along the water make long walking and cycling routes. Rental flats are scarce here and there is no station, so the bus is your link to the train. It suits renters who work from home or drive to work.

Since March 2024, an apartment in Moerdijk has averaged €966 a month for 60 m², and 80% of listings ask between €538 and €1,524. A one bedroom flat averages €805 (98 listings), a two bedroom flat €1,046 (22 listings) and a three bedroom flat €1,781, on only 15 listings.

Against Breda, where an apartment averages €1,411, a Moerdijk flat costs 32% less, about €445 a month or €5,340 a year. Balconies are common, mentioned in 48% of listings, while 18% mention a garden and 16% mention parking. Furnished flats are 9% of listings, so most apartments come empty or gestoffeerd, with floors and curtains but no furniture.

Landlords usually ask for ID, payslips and an employer statement, and many want a gross income of about three times the rent, around €2,900 for the €966 average. For leases signed since 1 July 2023 the deposit may not exceed two months of base rent, and a makelaar working for the landlord may not charge you a fee. After moving in, you register with the gemeente Moerdijk within 5 days: online with DigiD from elsewhere in the Netherlands, by appointment when you arrive from abroad.

Moerdijk has one train station, Zevenbergen, on the line to Dordrecht, where you change for Rotterdam and Den Haag. By car, the A16 and A17 meet near the Moerdijk bridges over the Hollands Diep. Door to door times depend on how far your village is from a station, so rent near one if you commute by train.

Rotterdam, 40 km to the north, is the main destination for commuters from Moerdijk. From Zevenbergen you take the train to Dordrecht and a faster train on to Rotterdam Centraal, so a flat within cycling distance of the station keeps the trip short. Rotterdam's port and offices employ many of the people who rent here.

Breda is the nearest large city, with a hospital, an international school and far more shops than the villages. Buses link the villages to Breda, and trains run there from Lage Zwaluwe, just over the border in Drimmelen. If you want a station on the Breda line itself, compare apartments for rent in Etten-Leur, just south of Zevenbergen.

Den Haag (62 km) is reached via Dordrecht and Rotterdam, Eindhoven (82 km) via Breda, and Utrecht (96 km) via Rotterdam or Breda. Those trips suit one or two office days a week rather than a daily commute, and Amsterdam, 125 km away, is for the occasional meeting.