district in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Pijnacker
Pijnacker has 16 neighbourhoods with 30,425 residents in total.
Pijnacker is the largest town in Pijnacker-Nootdorp, sixteen neighbourhoods and just over 30,000 residents between Delft and Zoetermeer. Wealth and income (8.0) ranks among the strongest in this set and the overall comes to 8.2, the marks of a prosperous family town; for families it reads 8.0. Safety (7.1) holds up well. Amenities (6.7) and quiet and nature (5.0) lag behind, the familiar cost of a spacious, young new-build setting.
no. 3 of the 3 districts of Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Short answer: Pijnacker scores 8.2 as a district of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, no. 3 of the 3 districts of Pijnacker-Nootdorp. Its strongest neighbourhood is Keijzershof Eilanden (9.8), the worst Tolhek Centrumlijn (4.2). The district has 16 neighbourhoods with 30,425 residents in total.
Key figures for Pijnacker
- residents
- 30,425
- neighbourhoods
- 16
- km² of land
- 20.3
How Pijnacker 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, 920 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.
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
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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
Pijnacker has strikingly many children under 15: 20%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1520%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
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 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
45% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,196 — 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 Pijnacker, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Pijnacker
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Pijnacker.
Neighbourhoods in Pijnacker
Sorted by total grade
- 1Keijzershof Eilanden9.8
- 2Ackerswoude9.7
- 3Koningshof9.7
- 4Tolhek9.5
- 5Pijnacker Oost9.5
- 6Keijzershof Boszoom9.4
- 7Klapwijk8.8
- 8De Scheg7.8
- 9Zuidpolder Oude Leede7.6
- 10De Boezem7.5
- 11Pijnacker Noord7.2
- 12Keijzershof Erven7.2
- 13Tuindershof6.7
- 14Pijnacker-Centrum/Dorp5.9
- 15Noordpolder Pijnacker5.6
- 16Tolhek Centrumlijn4.2