district in Den Haag
Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk
Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk has 6 neighbourhoods with 44,725 residents in total.
Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk lies wedged between The Hague's railway lines, six neighbourhoods and nearly 45,000 residents around the Laakhavens. Amenities score 9.4, with city and station never far off. Little balances that out: prosperity 3.0, quiet and nature 3.0, safety 4.0 and a 3.0 overall. A dense, mixed urban district where the quality of daily life lags far behind the ease of getting around.
no. 32 of the 43 districts of Den Haag
Short answer: Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk scores 4.4 as a district of Den Haag, no. 32 of the 43 districts of Den Haag. Its strongest neighbourhood is Laakkwartier-West (6.1), the worst Laakhaven-Oost (2.7). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 44,725 residents in total.
Key figures for Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk
- residents
- 44,725
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 2.7
How Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk 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, 3,140 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.
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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.
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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.
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Who lives here
Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 37%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4537%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,299 — 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 Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk.
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Neighbourhoods in Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk
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