The districts of Delft
Delft has 110,160 residents (2026), spread across 13 districts and 91 neighbourhoods.
Everything close by, little space
Delft comes out at 6.4 as a municipality — better than 52% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Amenities lift that grade with 9.0; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.7. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Hoornse Hof (9.9), the lowest in Mythologiebuurt (2.7). That is 7.2 points of difference inside one municipality.
Key figures for Delft
- residents
- 110,160
- districts
- 13
- neighbourhoods
- 91
- km² of land
- 22.7
How Delft 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, 5,480 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Delft →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Delft →
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
Delft has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2520%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
10,501 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Delft, weighted by population.
Strongest neighbourhoods
The best neighbourhoods in Delft →Hoornse Hof
Delft
Den Hoorn
Delft
Ministersbuurt-Oost
Delft
Koepoort
Delft
Buitenhof-Zuid
Delft
Molenbuurt
Delft
Weakest neighbourhoods
The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Delft →Other rankings
All districts of Delft
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