district in Rotterdam
Hoek van Holland
Hoek van Holland has 3 neighbourhoods with 10,545 residents in total.
Hoek van Holland is Rotterdam's seaside outpost on the Nieuwe Waterweg channel: three neighbourhoods, with beach and dunes literally as a neighbourhood name (quiet and nature: 6.4). Since 2023 the metro runs right to the beach. The numbers stay mixed: safety 3.4, wealth and income 4.9. Overall: 4.5.
no. 7 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Hoek van Holland scores 4.5 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 7 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Strand en Duin (5.5). The district has 3 neighbourhoods with 10,545 residents in total.
Key figures for Hoek van Holland
- residents
- 10,545
- neighbourhoods
- 3
- km² of land
- 14.2
How Hoek van Holland 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, 553 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
The age profile of Hoek van Holland looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4521%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+27%
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 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
37% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
1,996 — less 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 Hoek van Holland, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Hoek van Holland
Sorted by total grade