district in Katwijk
Katwijk Noord
Katwijk Noord has 6 neighbourhoods with 13,345 residents in total.
Katwijk Noord gathers 13,345 residents into six neighbourhoods around Hoornes and Rijnsoever, between the town and the dunes. Safety and amenities carry the picture here at 7.8 and 7.3, and the overall lands on 7.0. Quiet and nature follow on 4.1, despite the dunes close by. Wealth trails most clearly at 5.6.
no. 5 of the 6 districts of Katwijk
Short answer: Katwijk Noord scores 7.6 as a district of Katwijk, no. 5 of the 6 districts of Katwijk. Its strongest neighbourhood is Rijnsoever-West (9.7), the worst Hoornes-West (5.0). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 13,345 residents in total.
Key figures for Katwijk Noord
- residents
- 13,345
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 1.9
How Katwijk Noord 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, 310 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
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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
The age profile of Katwijk Noord looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+21%
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
35% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
37% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,606 — 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 Katwijk Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Katwijk Noord
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Katwijk Noord.
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Neighbourhoods in Katwijk Noord
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