district in Westland
Naaldwijk
Naaldwijk has 13 neighbourhoods with 22,950 residents in total.
Naaldwijk is the administrative core of the Westland, thirteen neighbourhoods and nearly 23,000 residents around the central area and Pijletuinen. The scores sit evenly at or above the middle: amenities 7.2, safety 7.1 and wealth 6.7. With a 7.0 overall, this is a balanced, prosperous growers' town. Quiet and nature is the weakest at 3.4, no surprise in a landscape all but wholly taken up by greenhouses. The families grade gives 7.9.
no. 7 of the 10 districts of Westland
Short answer: Naaldwijk scores 7.0 as a district of Westland, no. 7 of the 10 districts of Westland. Its strongest neighbourhood is Woerdblok (9.7), the worst Hoge Bomen (3.2). The district has 13 neighbourhoods with 22,950 residents in total.
Key figures for Naaldwijk
- residents
- 22,950
- neighbourhoods
- 13
- km² of land
- 9.2
How Naaldwijk 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, 769 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
The age profile of Naaldwijk looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+24%
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
35% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,209 — 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 Naaldwijk, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Naaldwijk
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Naaldwijk.
Neighbourhoods in Naaldwijk
Sorted by total grade