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Markengouw-Midden

4,150 residents · postal code 1024 · Part of Waterlandpleinbuurt, Amsterdam

  • no. 8,603 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 305 of 454 in Amsterdam
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Scores per pillar

The Waterlandpleinbuurt in Amsterdam-Noord stands out for its young population: half of households have children and nearly a quarter of residents are under fifteen. Amenities score a 9.2 and housing a 7.1, but the social grade (3.1) lags. More than half of the homes were built after 2000, though ownership is scarce at 23 percent. The total comes to 5.1.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.6 km
General practitioner
0.6 km
Primary school
0.2 km
Secondary school
0.5 km
Childcare
0.2 km
Train station
6.7 km
Hospital
3.3 km
Restaurant
0.7 km
Café
0.7 km
Library
0.9 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
26.1
Violent crimes
1.4
Burglaries
1.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 438,000
Owner-occupied
23%
Single-family homes
40%
Built after 2000
56%
Income per resident
€ 26,000

Who lives here

0–15 24%15–25 16%25–45 30%45–65 22%65+ 7%
Average household size
2.6
Households with children
50%
Single-person households
36%
Residents per km²
10,689

Nearby neighbourhoods

Werengouw-Midden

Amsterdam

3.6

Markengouw-Noord

Amsterdam

5.8

Werengouw-Noord

Amsterdam

8.1

Markengouw-Zuid

Amsterdam

4.3

Werengouw-Zuid

Amsterdam

4.6

Buikslotermeerplein

Amsterdam

4.1

Similar neighbourhoods

Egmond aan Zee

Bergen (NH.)

5.1

Geenhoven

Valkenswaard

5.1

Kern Belfeld

Venlo

5.1

Kern 's-Heerenhoek

Borsele

5.1

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Markengouw-Midden calculated?

Markengouw-Midden scores 5.1 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 Markengouw-Midden a safe neighbourhood?

Markengouw-Midden scores 4.7 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (26.1 per year). The national median is around 24.1.