district in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Nootdorp
Nootdorp has 9 neighbourhoods with 18,825 residents in total.
Nootdorp grew from village to commuter town between The Hague and Pijnacker, nine neighbourhoods and nearly 19,000 residents. The overall stands out at 8.2, carried by safety (8.2) and wealth and income (7.8). Amenities come to 6.7 and quiet and nature is the weakest at 4.0. For families the picture is best, at 8.2. A young residential town of roomy terraced houses and Vinex streets.
no. 2 of the 3 districts of Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Short answer: Nootdorp scores 8.5 as a district of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, no. 2 of the 3 districts of Pijnacker-Nootdorp. Its strongest neighbourhood is Achter het Raadhuis (9.7), the worst Nootdorp CentrumWest (5.0). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 18,825 residents in total.
Key figures for Nootdorp
- residents
- 18,825
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 7.1
How Nootdorp 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, 527 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.
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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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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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
Nootdorp has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 15%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4519%
NL median 22%
- 45–6533%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
2.5 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
25% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
47% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,195 — 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 Nootdorp, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Nootdorp
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Nootdorp.
Neighbourhoods in Nootdorp
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