The districts of Haarlemmermeer

Haarlemmermeer has 165,270 residents (2026), spread across 18 districts and 97 neighbourhoods.

Top 34% of the Netherlands

Families packed close together

Haarlemmermeer comes out at 7.5 as a municipality — better than 66% of Dutch neighbourhoods. Families lift that grade with 7.6; quiet and nature hold it back at 4.9. The highest neighbourhood grades sit in Badhoevedorp Oost (9.9), the lowest in Hoofddorp Graan voor Visch Zuid (2.5). That is 7.4 points of difference inside one municipality.

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residents: 165,270
districts: 18
neighbourhoods: 97
km² of land: 197

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

25.4 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.8 per 1,000

Property crime

9.7 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.6 per 1,000

In 2025, 7,126 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

1.2 km

GP practice

1.0 km

Train station

4.3 km

Restaurant

1.0 km

Hospital

3.9 km

Café

2.1 km

Library

2.0 km

Motorway ramp

1.5 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 506,786

Welfare recipients

13.5 per 1,000

High incomes

25%

Low incomes

35%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

68%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

75%

Built after 2000

33%

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

4,954 inw/km²

Noise level

55 dB

Green surroundings

47%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,607

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.1 µg/m³

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.

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.9 km

Households with children

42%

Childcare

0.8 km

Secondary school

2.3 km

Residents under 15

16%

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Who lives here

The age profile of Haarlemmermeer looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4525%
NL median 22%
45–6528%
NL median 28%
65+18%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
41% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,951 — 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 Haarlemmermeer, weighted by population.