district in Rotterdam
Noord
Noord has 7 neighbourhoods with 52,330 residents in total.
Rotterdam-Noord gathers seven neighbourhoods around the Oude Noorden and Blijdorp into a district of just over 52,000 residents. Amenities reach 9.6, one of the highest scores for reach in the country, with city living within walking distance. Safety (3.2) and prosperity (4.3) drag the overall back to 4.5, and at 3.6 for quiet and nature the city never switches off. A dense, young urban quarter where liveability still trails the bustle.
no. 7 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Noord scores 4.5 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 7 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Blijdorp (6.0), the worst Provenierswijk (2.9). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 52,330 residents in total.
Key figures for Noord
- residents
- 52,330
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 5.1
How Noord 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, 4,545 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.
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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
Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4543%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
20% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,083 — 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 Noord, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Noord
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Neighbourhoods in Noord
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