district in Vlaardingen
Centrum
Centrum has 4 neighbourhoods with 15,715 residents in total.
The heart of Vlaardingen combines the old centre with the Vettenoordse Polder and the Indische Buurt, four neighbourhoods and just over 15,000 residents. Amenities reach 8.5, but almost everything beneath that lands low: safety 2.9, quiet and nature 3.1 and wealth and income 3.3. The overall mark stops at 3.3. A densely built harbour-town centre facing a heavy liveability challenge.
no. 7 of the 7 districts of Vlaardingen
Short answer: Centrum scores 3.3 as a district of Vlaardingen, no. 7 of the 7 districts of Vlaardingen. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Indische Buurt (3.6). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 15,715 residents in total.
Key figures for Centrum
- residents
- 15,715
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 1.7
How 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, 927 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
Centrum has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 32%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4532%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+16%
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
2.0 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
30% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,362 — 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 Centrum, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Centrum
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