district in Den Haag
Valkenboskwartier
Valkenboskwartier has 2 neighbourhoods with 18,465 residents in total.
Two densely built neighbourhoods, the Valkenboskwartier and the Heesterbuurt, together count just over 18,000 residents in western The Hague. Amenities reach 9.2, with everything within walking distance. Against that stand 2.8 for quiet and nature, 3.7 for safety and 4.4 for wealth and income. The overall sticks at 4.3. A stony, busy pre-war district with little air or greenery.
no. 33 of the 43 districts of Den Haag
Short answer: Valkenboskwartier scores 4.3 as a district of Den Haag, no. 33 of the 43 districts of Den Haag. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Valkenboskwartier (4.7). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 18,465 residents in total.
Key figures for Valkenboskwartier
- residents
- 18,465
- neighbourhoods
- 2
- km² of land
- 1.1
How Valkenboskwartier 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, 1,005 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
Valkenboskwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
17,416 — 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 Valkenboskwartier, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Valkenboskwartier
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