Voorhout, Den Haag

Living in Voorhout

Voorhout is city living in its most compact form, and this is apartment territory: only about 1 in 8 homes is a house.

At 4,511 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Den Haag combines government and expat demand — ministries, embassies, international courts and Shell — with one of the widest price ranges of any Dutch city: stately streets near the dunes at one end, dense and affordable neighborhoods a couple of kilometers inland at the other.

The housing market in Voorhout

The average home value (WOZ) in Voorhout is €530,000, which puts it at #21 of 110 neighborhoods in Den Haag — 43% above the city median. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Den Haag's cheapest buurt averages €82,000 and its most expensive €919,000, so Voorhout sits in the upper band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €329,000 to €557,000, up 69% — slower than the city as a whole (+125%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Here is the catch for buyers: only 27% of homes are owner-occupied, and 9% of the stock is social housing that never reaches the open market. Few homes come up for sale, so when one does, expect competition and act fast on viewings. The upside of the same number: neighborhoods with a big rental base tend to feel lively and transient rather than settled — decide which you want before you fall for a listing.

Who lives here

Demographically, Voorhout is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (45% of its 2,660 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 22%. More than half of all households (67%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 49% of households are in the lower national bracket.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 4 large supermarkets within a kilometer; eating out is the default here — around 122 cafés and restaurants inside a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 11 min walk · GP 12 min · hospital 2.3 km · library 1.6 km · 6 cinemas within 5 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 10 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (2 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is a 3-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 5-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.6 km away; and at 0.6 cars per household, most residents simply don't own one — if you do, factor in permit costs and waiting lists before you buy.

Energy and running costs

98% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Voorhout

Before you bid in Voorhout: much of Den Haag sits on soft soil, and pre-1970 homes may stand on wooden piles — since the 2026 appraisal rules, a foundation risk class (A–E) appears in every valuation, so check it before you bid, not after the deal is already emotional. Also, listings are scarce here, which pushes bidding above asking more often — decide your maximum before the viewing, not during it. Beyond that, in a premium buurt the risk isn't buying a bad home, it's overpaying for a good one — anchor your bid on recent sales of comparable homes, not on the asking price.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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