district in Heemstede
Heemstede-Centrum
Heemstede-Centrum has 10 neighbourhoods with 23,785 residents in total.
Heemstede-Centrum is one of the wealthiest residential towns in the country, ten neighbourhoods and nearly 24,000 residents around the Oude Dorp and the Geleerdenbuurt. Wealth scores 8.5 and amenities 8.3, marks that rank among the highest in this set. Safety reaches a tidy 6.7, and only quiet and nature stays middling at 7.0: the core is built up tight against Haarlem. With an 9.3 overall and 8.4 for families, this is a decidedly affluent commuter town.
no. 2 of the 3 districts of Heemstede
Short answer: Heemstede-Centrum scores 9.3 as a district of Heemstede, no. 2 of the 3 districts of Heemstede. Its strongest neighbourhood is Heemsteedse Dreef, Schildersbuurt en omgeving (10.0), the lowest-scoring Provincienbuurt (6.2). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 23,785 residents in total.
Key figures for Heemstede-Centrum
- residents
- 23,785
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 7.1
How Heemstede-Centrum 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, 897 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
Heemstede-Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 65 and over: 29%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4518%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+29%
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
38% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,847 — 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 Heemstede-Centrum, weighted by population.
The best and lowest-scoring neighbourhoods of Heemstede-Centrum
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Heemstede-Centrum.
Neighbourhoods in Heemstede-Centrum
Sorted by total grade
- 1Heemsteedse Dreef, Schildersbuurt en omgeving10.0
- 2Zandvoortselaan en Berkenrode en omgeving9.9
- 3Oude Dorp, Indische buurt en omgeving9.7
- 4Geleerdenbuurt9.4
- 5Schouwbroekerpolder9.4
- 6Van Merlenbuurt en Valkenburgerplein en omgeving9.4
- 7Centrum9.3
- 8Kennemerduin en omgeving8.9
- 9Rivierenbuurt7.7
- 10Provincienbuurt6.2