district in Delft
Voorhof
Voorhof has 9 neighbourhoods with 14,880 residents in total.
Voorhof is Delft's high-rise past, its 14,880 residents across nine neighbourhoods including the Poptahof and the Mythologiebuurt. Amenities reach 9.6 here, but that figure stands almost alone: wealth drops to 3.6 and quiet and nature to 4.2. An overall of 3.5 lays bare the gap between what the district offers and how it lives. Safety, at 4.4, stays on the low side.
no. 9 of the 11 districts of Delft
Short answer: Voorhof scores 5.1 as a district of Delft, no. 9 of the 11 districts of Delft. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bedrijventerrein Voorhof (7.2), the worst Mythologiebuurt (2.7). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 14,880 residents in total.
Key figures for Voorhof
- residents
- 14,880
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 1.2
How Voorhof 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, 1,025 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
Voorhof has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 23%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2523%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
NL median 22%
- 45–6517%
NL median 28%
- 65+15%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
64% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
17% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,124 — 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 Voorhof, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Voorhof
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Voorhof.
Neighbourhoods in Voorhof
Sorted by total grade