district in Den Haag
Bouwlust
Bouwlust has 4 neighbourhoods with 29,475 residents in total.
Bouwlust belongs to The Hague's post-war expansion, four neighbourhoods and nearly 30,000 residents around Dreven en Gaarden. Amenities still reach 8.2, with the city within range, but the rest of the picture is heavily burdened: prosperity 3.0, safety 3.2 and peace and space 5.5, with a 4.3 overall. The spacious 1960s estates here struggle with a stubborn shortfall in liveability.
no. 33 of the 43 districts of Den Haag
Short answer: Bouwlust scores 4.3 as a district of Den Haag, no. 33 of the 43 districts of Den Haag. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zijden, Steden en Zichten (5.7), the worst De Uithof (3.4). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 29,475 residents in total.
Key figures for Bouwlust
- residents
- 29,475
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 4.2
How Bouwlust 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, 1,783 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
Bouwlust has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
9,320 — 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 Bouwlust, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Bouwlust
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Bouwlust.
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Neighbourhoods in Bouwlust
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