district in Rotterdam
Delfshaven
Delfshaven has 9 neighbourhoods with 76,955 residents in total.
Delfshaven is densely built Rotterdam at its rawest: nearly 77,000 residents across nine neighbourhoods, from the Nieuwe Westen to Spangen. Everything sits around the corner, which earns an amenities mark of 9.5, about as high as reach ever gets. The other side is harsh, with prosperity at 3.4, safety at 3.3, quiet and nature at 2.9 and a 4.0 overall. This is the classic urban trade-off, drawn more sharply here than almost anywhere else in the city.
no. 12 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Delfshaven scores 4.0 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 12 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Schiemond (6.3), the worst Oud Mathenesse (2.8). The district has 9 neighbourhoods with 76,955 residents in total.
Key figures for Delfshaven
- residents
- 76,955
- neighbourhoods
- 9
- km² of land
- 5.2
How Delfshaven 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, 5,463 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
Delfshaven has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 36%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2515%
NL median 11%
- 25–4536%
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
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
27% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,641 — 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 Delfshaven, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Delfshaven
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Neighbourhoods in Delfshaven
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