neighbourhood in Amstelveen
Watercirkelbuurt
2,325 residents · postal code 1186 · Part of Groenelaan, Amstelveen
Everything close by, little space
The wealth figures for the Watercirkelbuurt point two ways, which makes a single summarising statement impossible. Property value sits above the Dutch median, but the bottom income group covers nearly half of all households and the social assistance rate is more than four times the national one. Expensive homes and thin incomes at once: a combination found more often in Amstelveen than in the country as a whole.
The population is old and living alone. More than half of households consist of one person and a quarter of residents are 65 or over. That puts the 6.0 for families in perspective: the primary school is nine hundred metres away and the share of children matches the national average.
The station at almost seven kilometres is the figure that limits access most.
- no. 8,984 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 37 of 45 in Amstelveen
How Watercirkelbuurt scores
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Is Watercirkelbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Watercirkelbuurt comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 49 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
Watercirkelbuurt has strikingly few residents aged 45 to 65: 21%, against 28% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1516%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4527%
NL median 22%
- 45–6521%
NL median 28%
- 65+25%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
54% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
8,334 — 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Watercirkelbuurt a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Watercirkelbuurt comes out at 19 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is fewer than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Watercirkelbuurt?
In Watercirkelbuurt the police recorded 49 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (19 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Watercirkelbuurt calculated?
Watercirkelbuurt scores 4.8 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Watercirkelbuurt lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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