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district in Wassenaar

Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente

Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente has 10 neighbourhoods with 7,005 residents in total.

Top 29% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

no. 2 of the 2 districts of Wassenaar

Short answer: Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente scores 7.9 as a district of Wassenaar, no. 2 of the 2 districts of Wassenaar. Its strongest neighbourhood is Drie Papegaaien (9.8), the worst Kerkehout (3.6). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 7,005 residents in total.

Key figures for Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente

residents
7,005
neighbourhoods
10
km² of land
30.7

How Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente 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.
Total crime
27.1 per 1,000
Violent crime
1.9 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.1 per 1,000
Property crime
11.0 per 1,000
Vandalism
2.2 per 1,000

In 2025, 284 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

The safest neighbourhoods in WassenaarThe most dangerous neighbourhoods in Wassenaar

The figures

Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Supermarket
2.8 km
GP practice
2.1 km
Train station
4.5 km
Restaurant
1.6 km
Hospital
3.8 km
Café
3.3 km
Library
3.5 km
Motorway ramp
1.1 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Wassenaar

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.
Property value
€ 1,281,606
Welfare recipients
4.3 per 1,000
High incomes
44%
Low incomes
33%
Vacancy
9%
Owner-occupied
70%
Social housing
9%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
77%
Built after 2000
10%

Tick = Dutch median

The most affluent neighbourhoods in Wassenaar

The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
1,273 inw/km²
Noise level
50 dB
Green surroundings
86%
Trees nearby
39%
Water share
1%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
418
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.8 µg/m³

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.

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The quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Wassenaar

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
1.2 km
Households with children
35%
Childcare
1.1 km
Secondary school
2.4 km
Residents under 15
16%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Wassenaar

Who lives here

Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente has strikingly few residents aged 25 to 45: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1516%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2512%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4512%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6531%

    NL median 28%

  • 65+29%

    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

    2.3around the average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    34%more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    34%around the average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    1,267far less 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 Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente.

Neighbourhoods in Zuidwestelijk deel der gemeente

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Drie Papegaaien9.8
  2. 2Klingenbosch9.7
  3. 3De Kieviet9.0
  4. 4Nieuw-Wassenaar8.9
  5. 5Oud-Clingendaal8.4
  6. 6Oud-Wassenaar6.8
  7. 7Duindigt-Groenendaal5.8
  8. 8Kerkehout3.6
  9. Buitengebied Eikenhorst
  10. Buitengebied Meijendel