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neighbourhood in Rotterdam

Middelland

11,695 residents · postal code 3021 · Part of Delfshaven, Rotterdam

  • no. 9,608 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 33 of 81 in Rotterdam

Scores per pillar

Middelland, in Rotterdam's Delfshaven, is urban living without the green: its nature score of 2.5 is the lowest possible, while amenities reach 9.8. With over 17,000 residents per square kilometre, this is dense nineteenth-century ground where barely 6 per cent of homes are single-family and 56 per cent of households are single-person. Average income, at 37,000 euro, sits above the city middle; safety stalls at 3.0.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.4 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.6 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
1.9 km
Hospital
1.4 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.2 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
49.2
Violent crimes
5.0
Burglaries
0.7

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 399,000
Owner-occupied
33%
Single-family homes
6%
Built after 2000
3%
Income per resident
€ 37,000

Who lives here

0–15 11%15–25 16%25–45 39%45–65 23%65+ 11%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
21%
Single-person households
56%
Residents per km²
17,176

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Middelland calculated?

Middelland scores 4.5 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Middelland a safe neighbourhood?

Middelland scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (49.2 per year). The national median is around 24.1.