district in Haarlem
Boerhaavewijk
Boerhaavewijk has 6 neighbourhoods with 9,545 residents in total.
The Boerhaavewijk in Haarlem-Schalkwijk holds six neighbourhoods with medical names such as the Geneesherenbuurt and the Professorenbuurt, together over 9,500 residents. Amenities are the big plus at 7.7. Beneath that it stays around or just below the middle: safety 5.3, wealth 5.5, quiet and nature 3.9. That last figure is the weak spot. With an overall of 6.6, this district reads as fully served, but with a modest living climate.
no. 14 of the 21 districts of Haarlem
Short answer: Boerhaavewijk scores 6.6 as a district of Haarlem, no. 14 of the 21 districts of Haarlem. Its strongest neighbourhood is Boerhaavevaart (9.2), the worst Romolenpolder-oost (4.0). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 9,545 residents in total.
Key figures for Boerhaavewijk
- residents
- 9,545
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 1.8
How Boerhaavewijk 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, 496 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
Boerhaavewijk has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+13%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,353 — 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 Boerhaavewijk, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Boerhaavewijk
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Neighbourhoods in Boerhaavewijk
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