district in Den Haag
Stationsbuurt
Stationsbuurt has 3 neighbourhoods with 13,125 residents in total.
The Hague's Stationsbuurt, around the Huygenspark and the Rivierenbuurt, is a textbook case of lopsided scores. Amenities reach 9.8, but safety sinks to 2.8, with wealth (3.0) and quiet and nature (2.8) also low. Home to over 13,000 people across three densely built neighbourhoods, its overall mark stops at 3.0. Everything is close at hand, yet liveability is under real strain.
no. 43 of the 43 districts of Den Haag
Short answer: Stationsbuurt scores 3.0 as a district of Den Haag, no. 43 of the 43 districts of Den Haag. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Rivierenbuurt-Noord (3.7). The district has 3 neighbourhoods with 13,125 residents in total.
Key figures for Stationsbuurt
- residents
- 13,125
- neighbourhoods
- 3
- km² of land
- 0.9
How Stationsbuurt scores
Do some of these matter more to you than others?
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 2,040 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
The safest neighbourhoods in Den Haag →The most dangerous neighbourhoods in Den Haag →
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
Stationsbuurt has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 25%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2525%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
NL median 22%
- 45–6519%
NL median 28%
- 65+10%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
71% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,455 — 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 Stationsbuurt, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Stationsbuurt
Sorted by total grade