district in Gooise Meren
Naarden
Naarden has 17 neighbourhoods with 18,415 residents in total.
Everything for children close by, and nowhere weak
Naarden is best known for its seventeenth-century star fortress, but it also counts seventeen neighbourhoods and just over 18,000 residents in the Gooi. The overall stands out at 8.1, with amenities (7.9) and wealth and income (7.9) well above the middle. Safety lands at 6.8, right on the national median, and quiet and nature trails at 6.8. A well-to-do, historic Gooi town around the star ramparts of the fortress.
no. 3 of the 6 districts of Gooise Meren
Short answer: Naarden scores 8.6 as a district of Gooise Meren, no. 3 of the 6 districts of Gooise Meren. Its strongest neighbourhood is Ministerpark (10.0), the worst Bedrijvenpark Gooimeer-Noord (4.3). The district has 17 neighbourhoods with 18,415 residents in total.
Key figures for Naarden
- residents
- 18,415
- neighbourhoods
- 17
- km² of land
- 21.4
How Naarden 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, 680 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
Naarden has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4520%
NL median 22%
- 45–6529%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,136 — 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 Naarden, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Naarden
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Naarden.
Neighbourhoods in Naarden
Sorted by total grade
- 1Ministerpark10.0
- 2Rembrandtpark10.0
- 3Oranje Nassaupark-Noord10.0
- 4De Fortlanden9.7
- 5Naardermeerkwartier9.7
- 6Bos van Bredius-Zuid9.7
- 7Naarden Vesting9.6
- 8Vierhoven9.4
- 9Bos van Bredius-Noord9.4
- 10Oranje Nassaupark-Zuid9.1
- 11Componistenkwartier7.6
- 12Tuindorp Keverdijk7.5
- 13Naardermeer7.0
- 14Naarderwoonbos5.8
- 15Valkeveen5.0
- 16Bedrijvenpark Gooimeer-Noord4.3
- –Bedrijvenpark Gooimeer-Zuid