district in Den Helder
De Schooten
De Schooten has 10 neighbourhoods with 9,080 residents in total.
De Schooten is Den Helder's 1960s expansion between the canal and the Schooten waterway: ten neighbourhoods, over 9,000 residents. The district has its shopping centre and schools in order (amenities 7.8), but property prices keep income at 4.0. Overall: 4.7.
no. 4 of the 8 districts of Den Helder
Short answer: De Schooten scores 4.7 as a district of Den Helder, no. 4 of the 8 districts of Den Helder. Its strongest neighbourhood is Waterkeringsbuurt (8.6), the worst Schouten en Schepenenbuurt (3.4). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 9,080 residents in total.
Key figures for De Schooten
- residents
- 9,080
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 3.3
How De Schooten 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, 342 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.
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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.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
De Schooten has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–258%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6525%
NL median 28%
- 65+35%
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
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,929 — 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 De Schooten, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of De Schooten
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of De Schooten.
Neighbourhoods in De Schooten
Sorted by total grade