district in Noordwijk
Noordwijkerhout
Noordwijkerhout has 11 neighbourhoods with 13,860 residents in total.
Noordwijkerhout is a bulb-growing village folded into Noordwijk at the last reorganisation, 13,860 residents across eleven neighbourhoods from Zeeburg to In den Houte. Safety scores 8.1 here and the overall lands on 7.4, a tidy picture across the board. Amenities follow at 7.6, and wealth & income reaches 6.0. Quiet & nature stays the weakest pillar at 3.4, despite the dunes nearby; for families the district scores high at 7.5.
no. 3 of the 6 districts of Noordwijk
Short answer: Noordwijkerhout scores 7.4 as a district of Noordwijk, no. 3 of the 6 districts of Noordwijk. Its strongest neighbourhood is In den Houte (9.8), the worst Gravendam (5.0). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 13,860 residents in total.
Key figures for Noordwijkerhout
- residents
- 13,860
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 2.8
How Noordwijkerhout 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, 272 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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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.
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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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Noordwijkerhout looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+22%
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
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,246 — 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 Noordwijkerhout, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Noordwijkerhout
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Neighbourhoods in Noordwijkerhout
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