district in Gouda
Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal has 6 neighbourhoods with 10,060 residents in total.
Bloemendaal is the name of this Gouda district, not to be confused with the Kennemer village, and gathers six neighbourhoods and over 10,000 residents around the Groenhovenkwartier. Amenities score excellently at 8.5. Wealth just holds up around the middle at 5.2, but safety (4.6) and quiet and nature (4.7) trail behind. The overall of 4.7 shows a well-served urban district that otherwise stays below average.
no. 6 of the 9 districts of Gouda
Short answer: Bloemendaal scores 6.8 as a district of Gouda, no. 6 of the 9 districts of Gouda. Its strongest neighbourhood is Gaardenbuurt (9.9), the worst Boerhaavekwartier (3.3). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 10,060 residents in total.
Key figures for Bloemendaal
- residents
- 10,060
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 2.7
How Bloemendaal 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, 572 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
The age profile of Bloemendaal looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,735 — 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 Bloemendaal, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Bloemendaal
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Bloemendaal.
Neighbourhoods in Bloemendaal
Sorted by total grade