district in Rotterdam
Rozenburg
Rozenburg has 2 neighbourhoods with 12,565 residents in total.
Rozenburg was once an island and now sits wedged between the port and industry of Rotterdam. Safety (6.2) and amenities (6.9) hold the middle, but wealth & income drops to 3.7, the clear weak point. Two neighbourhoods hold over 12,000 residents. The 5.4 overall reflects the strained relationship between the residential core and the surrounding port area.
no. 3 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam
Short answer: Rozenburg scores 5.4 as a district of Rotterdam, no. 3 of the 16 districts of Rotterdam. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Rozenburg (5.4). The district has 2 neighbourhoods with 12,565 residents in total.
Key figures for Rozenburg
- residents
- 12,565
- neighbourhoods
- 2
- km² of land
- 4.5
How Rozenburg 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, 377 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.
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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.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Rozenburg looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4524%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+23%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
36% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
36% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,874 — 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 Rozenburg, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Rozenburg
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