district in Den Haag
Ypenburg
Ypenburg has 7 neighbourhoods with 26,520 residents in total.
Ypenburg is the large Vinex district on the edge of The Hague, seven neighbourhoods and just over 26,000 residents around De Bras and Morgenweide. The overall lands at 7.0 and for families the mark is 9.0, figures that suit a young, purpose-built family district. Prosperity (7.1) and safety (6.8) hold up well. Amenities lag a little at 6.5 and peace and space reaches 4.5, the familiar cost of spacious, car-oriented building on a former airfield.
no. 4 of the 43 districts of Den Haag
Short answer: Ypenburg scores 8.4 as a district of Den Haag, no. 4 of the 43 districts of Den Haag. Its strongest neighbourhood is Bosweide (9.7), the worst De Venen (4.5). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 26,520 residents in total.
Key figures for Ypenburg
- residents
- 26,520
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 4.5
How Ypenburg 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, 860 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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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
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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.
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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
Ypenburg has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 11%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2516%
NL median 11%
- 25–4522%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
52% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,216 — 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 Ypenburg, weighted by population.
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Neighbourhoods in Ypenburg
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