district in Rotterdam
Charlois
Charlois has 10 neighbourhoods with 70,505 residents in total.
Charlois stretches across ten neighbourhoods and just over 70,000 residents on Rotterdam's south bank, anchored by Zuidwijk, Pendrecht and the Tarwewijk. Amenities still reach 8.8, but that is where the good news ends. Wealth and income drops to 2.8, safety holds at 3.2, and the overall mark gets no further than 3.7, among the lowest in this set. The post-war garden estates here carry a heavy burden of disadvantage.
no. 14 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Charlois scores 3.7 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 14 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zuiderpark (5.3), the worst Zuidplein (2.7). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 70,505 residents in total.
Key figures for Charlois
- residents
- 70,505
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 11.2
How Charlois 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, 6,198 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
Charlois has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,727 — 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 Charlois, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Charlois
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Neighbourhoods in Charlois
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