The Hague has one of the highest concentrations of international schools in Europe — a structural feature of the city that shapes where international families tend to live. But school proximity is one data point within a broader family livability picture. CasaCanal's Family-Focused cluster scores The Hague postcodes on the combination of school access, green space coverage, traffic safety, and crime indicators — providing a more complete picture than school proximity alone.
What we measure for families
The Family-Focused cluster weights four dimensions: school proximity within walkable postcode radius (based on DUO school registry data, including international schools), green space coverage per resident from CBS data, traffic incident frequency on residential road segments, and crime indicators from postcode-level police records. In The Hague specifically, the international school dimension adds a layer that matters for families relocating from outside the Netherlands: some neighborhoods score well on all general family metrics and also happen to be well-positioned relative to the major international institutions.
Where the data points
Several postcodes in The Hague's western and central residential areas score highly on CasaCanal's family cluster — combining school access scores, strong green space coverage from the dune landscape, low traffic incident frequency, and solid safety indicators. Some of these are well-established expat areas; others score well but are underrepresented in relocation guides because they don't carry the same visibility. See also: neighborhoods near international schools in The Hague and The Hague's safest postcodes by data.
Data sources and methodology
Family scoring draws from DUO school location registry, CBS green space data, Rijkswaterstaat traffic records, and police crime statistics — normalized at The Hague postcode level. Full methodology at casacanal.nl/methodology.
International school access is necessary but not sufficient for family livability. Activate the Family-Focused cluster for The Hague on CasaCanal to see which postcodes score highest when all family-relevant dimensions are weighted together.