district in Den Haag
Schildersbuurt
Schildersbuurt has 3 neighbourhoods with 30,340 residents in total.
The Schildersbuurt is one of the most densely populated districts in the Netherlands, three neighbourhoods packed into The Hague with just over 30,000 residents. Amenities score 9.8, close to the maximum reach, since everything sits at street level here. Against that runs a hard story: wealth and income 2.8, safety 2.8, quiet and nature 2.6 and a 3.7 overall. The price of extreme density is laid bare here.
no. 39 of the 43 districts of Den Haag
Short answer: Schildersbuurt scores 3.7 as a district of Den Haag, no. 39 of the 43 districts of Den Haag. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Schildersbuurt-Oost (4.0). The district has 3 neighbourhoods with 30,340 residents in total.
Key figures for Schildersbuurt
- residents
- 30,340
- neighbourhoods
- 3
- km² of land
- 1.5
How Schildersbuurt 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, 2,264 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.
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Who lives here
Schildersbuurt has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 13%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4528%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
20,886 — 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 Schildersbuurt, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Schildersbuurt
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