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neighbourhood in Amsterdam

IJselbuurt-West

2,330 residents · postal code 1078 · Part of IJselbuurt, Amsterdam

  • no. 7,928 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 287 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

IJselbuurt-West is densely built Amsterdam-Zuid: nearly 19,000 residents per square kilometre, apartments only and 82 percent rented. Almost two-thirds of households live alone, and barely seven percent of residents are under fifteen. Amenities score a 9.5, with everything within seven hundred metres and a station a kilometre and a half away. Safety is the weak point: a 3.5 against 33 crimes per 1,000 people present, well above the national middle.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.5 km
Primary school
0.7 km
Secondary school
1.0 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
1.6 km
Hospital
2.6 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
1.2 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
33.0
Violent crimes
2.3
Burglaries
0.8

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 487,000
Owner-occupied
18%
Single-family homes
0%
Built after 2000
0%
Income per resident

Who lives here

0–15 7%15–25 10%25–45 45%45–65 22%65+ 15%
Average household size
1.5
Households with children
13%
Single-person households
63%
Residents per km²
18,852

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for IJselbuurt-West calculated?

IJselbuurt-West scores 5.4 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 IJselbuurt-West a safe neighbourhood?

IJselbuurt-West scores 3.5 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (33.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.