district in Haarlemmermeer
Hoofddorp
Hoofddorp has 25 neighbourhoods with 80,910 residents in total.
Hoofddorp grew from a polder village into a district of just over 80,000 residents, spread across 25 neighbourhoods with Floriande and Toolenburg the largest. The scores sit strikingly close together: amenities 7.2, wealth and income 7.1, safety 6.1 and a 7.6 overall. Only quiet and nature lags behind, at 4.9; it is busier here than the village past suggests. A planned, comfortable commuter district with no sharp edges.
no. 8 of the 18 districts of Haarlemmermeer
Short answer: Hoofddorp scores 7.6 as a district of Haarlemmermeer, no. 8 of the 18 districts of Haarlemmermeer. Its strongest neighbourhood is Hoofddorp Floriande West (9.0), the worst Hoofddorp Graan voor Visch Zuid (2.5). The district has 25 neighbourhoods with 80,910 residents in total.
Key figures for Hoofddorp
- residents
- 80,910
- neighbourhoods
- 25
- km² of land
- 35.7
How Hoofddorp 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, 3,595 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 Hoofddorp looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
5,497 — 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 Hoofddorp, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hoofddorp
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Hoofddorp.
Neighbourhoods in Hoofddorp
Sorted by total grade
- 1Hoofddorp Floriande West9.0
- 2Hoofddorp Pax West8.8
- 3Hoofddorp Overbos Zuid8.7
- 4Hoofddorp Floriande Oost8.5
- 5Hoofddorp Toolenburg Zuid8.1
- 6Hoofddorp Toolenburg Oost8.0
- 7Hoofddorp Bornholm Oost8.0
- 8Hoofddorp Toolenburg West7.9
- 9Hoofddorp Pax Oost7.7
- 10Hoofddorp Vrijschot Noord7.6
- 11Hoofddorp Bornholm West7.5
- 12Hoofddorp Centrum Noord7.2
- 13Hoofddorp Centrum West7.2
- 14Hoofddorp Centrum Oost6.8
- 15Hoofddorp Graan voor Visch6.1
- 16Hoofddorp Overbos Noord5.7
- 17Hoofddorp Centrum Zuid5.4
- 18Hoofddorp Omgeving3.6
- 19Hoofddorp De President3.1
- 20Hoofddorp Hyde Park2.7
- 21Hoofddorp Beukenhorst Oost2.7
- 22Hoofddorp De Hoek2.7
- 23Hoofddorp De Landman2.6
- 24Hoofddorp Graan voor Visch Zuid2.5
- –Hoofddorp Buiten