neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid

2,220 residents · postal code 1061 · Part of De Kolenkit, Amsterdam

Top 25% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, little space

One ninth of the homes in Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid stand vacant, nearly three times the national middle, while property values are in fact above it and the top income group is broader than nationally. That is a contradictory wealth picture, and the social assistance rate — several times the middle — does not make it clearer. The 4.6 for wealth & income is an average of extremes, not a description of an average neighbourhood.

The safety score of 7.6 is higher than you would expect at an urban density like this, because violence here is below the national middle and burglary is all but absent. What there is, is theft, well above the median.

The price is in the quiet & nature pillar: a 3.2, with greenery well below the middle and noise far above it. Against that stands the near-maximum 9.9 for amenities — everything two to four hundred metres away.

no. 3,215 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 90 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

26.3 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.8 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.1 per 1,000

Property crime

12.8 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.5 per 1,000

In 2025, 82 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

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

Supermarket

0.2 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.8 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.5 km

Café

0.7 km

Library

0.9 km

Motorway ramp

0.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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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.

Property value

€ 444,000

Welfare recipients

49.5 per 1,000

High incomes

23%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

11%

Owner-occupied

24%

Social housing

64%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

69%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

18,177 inw/km²

Noise level

60 dB

Green surroundings

30%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

6,421

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.0 µg/m³

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

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.4 km

Households with children

28%

Childcare

0.4 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 40%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1515%
NL median 14%
15–2513%
NL median 11%
25–4540%
NL median 22%
45–6521%
NL median 28%
65+11%
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
2.0 — 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
18,177 — 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 Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid comes out at 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid?

In Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid the police recorded 82 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (26 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 Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid calculated?

Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid scores 8.2 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 Kolenkitbuurt-Zuid 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.