district in Haarlem
Oude Stad
Oude Stad has 6 neighbourhoods with 14,925 residents in total.
Haarlem's Oude Stad is the historic core of Binnenstad, Vijfhoek and Bakenes, together holding 14,925 residents across six neighbourhoods. Amenities score 9.7 here and wealth 7.3, the familiar strength of a busy centre. The cost is stated honestly: safety stays at 3.7, as does quiet and nature at 3.3. The overall settles at a far more modest 6.1.
no. 15 of the 21 districts of Haarlem
Short answer: Oude Stad scores 6.1 as a district of Haarlem, no. 15 of the 21 districts of Haarlem. Its strongest neighbourhood is Stationsbuurt (6.6), the worst Bakenes (5.5). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 14,925 residents in total.
Key figures for Oude Stad
- residents
- 14,925
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 1.5
How Oude Stad 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, 2,641 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.
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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
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
Oude Stad has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–158%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
59% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
15% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,389 — 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 Oude Stad, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oude Stad
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Neighbourhoods in Oude Stad
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