district in Leiden
Roodenburgerdistrict
Roodenburgerdistrict has 10 neighbourhoods with 24,075 residents in total.
Everything close by, little space
The Roodenburgerdistrict is Leiden's well-to-do south-east, ten neighbourhoods and just over 24,000 residents around the Professorenwijk and Tuinstadwijk. Amenities score 8.8, the figure of a cherished pre-war district close to the centre. Wealth holds up nicely at 6.8, safety stays below the median at 5.8, and quiet and nature drops to 4.9: tightly built, little air. With a 7.3 overall, this is still one of the most appealing parts of the city.
no. 3 of the 10 districts of Leiden
Short answer: Roodenburgerdistrict scores 7.3 as a district of Leiden, no. 3 of the 10 districts of Leiden. Its strongest neighbourhood is Burgemeesterswijk (9.9), the worst Cronestein (4.1). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 24,075 residents in total.
Key figures for Roodenburgerdistrict
- residents
- 24,075
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 4.4
How Roodenburgerdistrict 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, 1,072 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
Roodenburgerdistrict has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 31%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
50% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,925 — 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 Roodenburgerdistrict, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Roodenburgerdistrict
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Roodenburgerdistrict.
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Neighbourhoods in Roodenburgerdistrict
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