district in Rotterdam
Rotterdam Centrum
Rotterdam Centrum has 6 neighbourhoods with 42,090 residents in total.
Rotterdam Centrum is the city's beating core, six neighbourhoods and just over 42,000 residents from the Stadsdriehoek to the Oude Westen. Amenities hit 9.7, about as close to full reach as it gets, with shops, high-rise and work all within walking distance. Safety holds at the inevitable inner-city 3.1, prosperity lands at 5.7 and quiet and nature at 2.9. With a 4.1 overall, this is a place for work and nightlife more than for settling down.
no. 11 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Rotterdam Centrum scores 4.1 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 11 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Nieuwe Werk (6.7), the worst Cool (3.2). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 42,090 residents in total.
Key figures for Rotterdam Centrum
- residents
- 42,090
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 4.1
How Rotterdam Centrum 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, 9,731 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
Rotterdam Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 43%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–157%
NL median 14%
- 15–2518%
NL median 11%
- 25–4543%
NL median 22%
- 45–6520%
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
1.5 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
61% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
12,465 — 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 Rotterdam Centrum, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Rotterdam Centrum
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Neighbourhoods in Rotterdam Centrum
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