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neighbourhood in Amstelveen

Kastelenbuurt

3,040 residents · postal code 1187 · Part of Westwijk Zuid, Amstelveen

  • no. 140 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 1 of 45 in Amstelveen

Scores per pillar

Kastelenbuurt in Amstelveen earns the highest overall mark in this set, a 9.9. Almost everything was built after 2000, the average home is valued at 734,000 euro and 62 per cent of households have children, well above the national picture. Housing (9.8), safety (9.7) and social (9.7) score near the maximum. Amenities (5.7) lag, and the station lies ten kilometres away. Just five per cent of residents are over 65.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.9 km
General practitioner
1.8 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
3.5 km
Childcare
0.7 km
Train station
10.1 km
Hospital
5.4 km
Restaurant
1.0 km
Café
3.0 km
Library
1.0 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
15.6
Violent crimes
0.4
Burglaries
0.3

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 734,000
Owner-occupied
65%
Single-family homes
70%
Built after 2000
97%
Income per resident
€ 48,000

Who lives here

0–15 26%15–25 13%25–45 26%45–65 29%65+ 5%
Average household size
2.8
Households with children
62%
Single-person households
23%
Residents per km²
7,145

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Kastelenbuurt calculated?

Kastelenbuurt scores 9.9 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Kastelenbuurt a safe neighbourhood?

Kastelenbuurt scores 9.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (15.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.