neighbourhood in Rotterdam
Hoogvliet Zuid
23,805 residents · postal code 3192 · Part of Hoogvliet, Rotterdam
Cut off between the docks and the motorway, Hoogvliet Zuid sits more than thirteen kilometres from the nearest train station. Inside the neighbourhood everything is close at hand, with shops and schools within half a kilometre. Almost six in ten homes are single-family houses, unusual for Rotterdam, and its score of 7.6 for space and quiet ranks among the city's higher marks. Safety and wealth both stall short of four; the average home is worth 295,000 euro.
- no. 9,901 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 34 of 81 in Rotterdam
How Hoogvliet Zuid scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 993 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
The age profile of Hoogvliet Zuid looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
41% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,994 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
How is the grade for Hoogvliet Zuid calculated?
Hoogvliet Zuid scores 4.3 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Hoogvliet Zuid lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Hoogvliet Zuid a safe neighbourhood?
Hoogvliet Zuid scores 3.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (32.7 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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