neighbourhood in Amsterdam
Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost
1,825 residents · postal code 1056 · Part of Landlust, Amsterdam
At almost 22,000 residents per square kilometre, Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost is among the most tightly built corners of Amsterdam-West. There are no single-family houses at all, six in ten homes are rented, and nearly half of households are one person. Amenities earn a 9.8, a supermarket within 500 metres of most doors. Safety lags at 3.9, with 26.6 offences per 1,000 people present, just above the median.
- no. 2,558 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 69 of 454 in Amsterdam
How Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 75 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
Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 38%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1514%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4538%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
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
47% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
28% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
21,981 — 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
How is the grade for Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost calculated?
Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost scores 8.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh four equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income and quiet & nature — and see where Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the four grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
Is Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost a safe neighbourhood?
Erasmusparkbuurt-Oost scores 5.1 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.6 per year). The national median is around 24.1.
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