district in Vlaardingen
Vlaardinger Ambacht
Vlaardinger Ambacht has 5 neighbourhoods with 12,620 residents in total.
Around the Babberspolder, Vlaardinger Ambacht bundles five neighbourhoods, together home to just over 12,000 residents. Amenities score highest at 7.7, while quiet & nature is weakest at 3.7. Safety (5.6) and overall (6.7) sit near the middle, wealth & income (5.1) just below. An urban, well-served district short on greenery and average in the rest.
no. 2 of the 7 districts of Vlaardingen
Short answer: Vlaardinger Ambacht scores 6.7 as a district of Vlaardingen, no. 2 of the 7 districts of Vlaardingen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Oranjebuurt (9.4), the worst Babberspolder West (5.8). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 12,620 residents in total.
Key figures for Vlaardinger Ambacht
- residents
- 12,620
- neighbourhoods
- 5
- km² of land
- 1.8
How Vlaardinger Ambacht 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, 394 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
Vlaardinger Ambacht has strikingly many children under 15: 19%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1519%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4526%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
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
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
33% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,348 — 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 Vlaardinger Ambacht, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Vlaardinger Ambacht
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Vlaardinger Ambacht.
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Neighbourhoods in Vlaardinger Ambacht
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