district in Rotterdam
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek has 5 neighbourhoods with 44,910 residents in total.
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek is Rotterdam's green, well-heeled north, five neighbourhoods and nearly 45,000 residents around the Molenlaankwartier. Wealth and income (6.4) lifts the district above the city average, amenities reach 8.1 and quiet and nature lands at 5.8. Safety is the exception at 3.5, strikingly low for so calm a setting. That holds the overall to 6.9, though by Rotterdam standards this remains one of the more agreeable places to live.
no. 1 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Hillegersberg-Schiebroek scores 6.9 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 1 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Molenlaankwartier (9.4), the worst Schiebroek (5.4). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 44,910 residents in total.
Key figures for Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
- residents
- 44,910
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 11.6
How Hillegersberg-Schiebroek 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, 2,725 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
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek has strikingly many children under 15: 18%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1518%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
42% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
34% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
4,313 — 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 Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
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Neighbourhoods in Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
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