Living in Haarlem
Haarlem has 168,743 inhabitants (CBS, 1 January 2025).
Municipality in Noord-Holland
- Inhabitants
- 168,743
- Homes
- 80,430
- Avg. WOZ value
- €505,000
- Owner-occupied homes
- 53%
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Haarlem in figures
Living
- Average WOZ value of homes€505,000
Per district: from €350,000 in Europawijk to €746,000 in Haarlemmerhoutkwartier
- Owner-occupied homes53%
- Single-family homes48%
- Median year of construction (BAG)1952
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Year of construction
- Construction period (BAG)48%before 194533%1945-198910%1990-200910%2010+
- Oldest year of construction (BAG)1261
- Built in the last 10 years7%
- New-build homes241
Homes
- Median floor area (BAG)90 m²
- Average floor area (BAG)100 m²
- Housing stock80,430
- Rented homes, total47%
- Rented homes (housing corporation)29%
- Multi-family homes52%
Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025; BAG, reference date March 1, 2026. Homes on 1 January 2025, WOZ valuation date 1 January 2024.
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Population
- Number of inhabitants168,743
- Households with children31%
- Age16%0-1510%15-2530%25-4526%45-6518%65+
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Households
- Households44%single25%without children31%with children
- Average household size2.0
- Births, relative10.0 per 1,000
- Married32%
- Unmarried56%
- Divorced8%
- Widowed4%
- Households, total81,464
Living in the area
- Population density5,776 per km²
- Degree of urbanisationextremely urban
- Pupils in primary education, provisional14,750
- Pupils in secondary education (incl. adult education), provisional9,650
- Vocational (mbo) students (excl. extraneus students), provisional3,080
- University of applied sciences (hbo) students, provisional3,360
- University (wo) students, provisional2,300
Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (partly provisional). Position on 1 January 2025.
Amenities and accessibility
- Large supermarket500 mbar up to 3 km
- GP practice600 mbar up to 3 km
- School (primary education)500 mbar up to 3 km
- Train stations, total2.5 kmbar up to 10 km
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Children and education
- Daycare400 mbar up to 3 km
- After-school care400 mbar up to 3 km
- School (secondary education)1.1 kmbar up to 10 km
- School (vmbo)1.5 kmbar up to 10 km
- School (havo/vwo)1.2 kmbar up to 10 km
- Schools (primary) within 1 kmaverage 2.3
- Schools (primary) within 3 kmaverage 18
- Schools (primary) within 5 kmaverage 41
Shopping
- Large supermarkets within 1 kmaverage 2.8
- Other daily groceries400 mbar up to 3 km
- Department store1.6 kmbar up to 10 km
Care
- Pharmacy700 mbar up to 3 km
- Hospital (incl. outpatient clinic)2.5 kmbar up to 10 km
- Out-of-hours GP post2.5 kmbar up to 10 km
Going out and leisure
- Restaurants within 1 kmaverage 16
- Restaurant500 mbar up to 3 km
- Cafe etc.700 mbar up to 3 km
- Cafes etc. within 1 kmaverage 5.4
- Snack bar etc.400 mbar up to 3 km
- Hotel etc.1.3 kmbar up to 10 km
- Cinema2.1 kmbar up to 10 km
- Museum2.2 kmbar up to 10 km
- Performing arts, total2.1 kmbar up to 10 km
- Pop venue2.2 kmbar up to 10 km
- Library1.3 kmbar up to 3 km
- Indoor swimming pool2.0 kmbar up to 10 km
- Sauna2.1 kmbar up to 10 km
- Attraction2.3 kmbar up to 25 km
- Artificial ice rink4.2 kmbar up to 25 km
- Tanning salon1.2 kmbar up to 10 km
Accessibility and surroundings
- Major transfer station3.0 kmbar up to 25 km
- Main road on-ramp1.2 kmbar up to 10 km
- Fire station2.2 kmbar up to 10 km
- Private passenger cars per household0.7
- Private passenger cars58,686
- Private passenger cars, fuel type petrol47,547
- Private passenger cars, fuel type other11,139
- Water area9%
- Land area2,921 ha
- Total area3,209 ha
- Business establishments, total28,865
Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (partly provisional); CBS, Proximity of amenities 2025 (provisional). Distances are the average by road for all inhabitants; counts within a distance are averages.
Energy
- With solar power21%
- Gas-free7%
- Natural gas per home per year800 m³
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Electricity and heat
- Average electricity supplied2,160 kWh
- Average electricity fed back370 kWh
- Homes with district heatingno figure
- Homes mainly heated electrically8%
Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025. Average use per home per year.
Income, education and work2024
- Average income per inhabitant€39,300
- Median wealth per household€130,900
- Wealth of € 1 million or more, 2025 · provisional9%of households have wealth of € 1 million or more (7,100 households)
- Highest level of education22%primary, vmbo, mbo133%havo, vwo, mbo2-445%hbo, wo
- SES score+0.14
-1.000+1.00
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Work
- Net labour participation74%
- Self-employed19%
Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2024 (partly provisional); CBS, Household wealth 2025 (provisional); CBS, SES-WOA 2024 (provisional). Reference year 2024. Wealth of € 1 million or more on 1 January 2025.
Districts in Haarlem
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Spacious living with children: median floor area of the homes (BAG). Only areas with a larger median floor area and a higher share of households with children than Haarlem are in this list. Haarlem 90 m² and 31% households with children (the line on each card is at 90 m²). Full ranking
Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025; BAG, reference date March 1, 2026.
- Ter Kleefkwartier118 m² · 43%median m² · households with childrenPlace 1 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Spaarndam108 m² · 33%median m² · households with childrenPlace 2 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Te Zaanenkwartier107 m² · 39%median m² · households with childrenPlace 3 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Houtvaartkwartier105 m² · 39%median m² · households with childrenPlace 4 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Vogelenwijk104 m² · 43%median m² · households with childrenPlace 5 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Vondelkwartier100 m² · 42%median m² · households with childrenPlace 6 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Indischewijk93 m² · 41%median m² · households with childrenPlace 7 of 7Neighbourhoods and figures
- Oude StadNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- HaarlemmerhoutkwartierNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- EuropawijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- MeerwijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- BoerhaavewijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- TransvaalwijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- AmsterdamsewijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- ZijlwegkwartierNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- MolenwijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- ParkwijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- SlachthuiswijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- DuinwijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- DelftwijkNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
- Waarder- en VeerpolderNot in this listNeighbourhoods and figures
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