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Mercatorpark

2,840 residents · postal code 1056 · Part of Van Galenbuurt, Amsterdam

  • no. 2,472 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 92 of 454 in Amsterdam
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Scores per pillar

Housing

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CBS does not publish this for small or non-residential areas.

Social & income

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CBS does not publish this for small or non-residential areas.

Mercatorpark counts 29,486 residents per square kilometre, one of the highest densities in this set, which pushes its nature score down to just 2.5. Amenities, by contrast, score a near-perfect 9.8. Only 2 percent of residents are over 65, marking this out as a young neighbourhood. With 34.5 crimes per 1,000 people present against a national median of 24, crime runs clearly above average, though safety still holds up relatively well at 7.2.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.4 km
Primary school
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.6 km
Childcare
0.4 km
Train station
2.7 km
Hospital
1.1 km
Restaurant
0.3 km
Café
0.3 km
Library
0.7 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
34.5
Violent crimes
1.4
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
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Owner-occupied
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Single-family homes
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Built after 2000
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Income per resident
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Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 12%25–45 42%45–65 34%65+ 2%
Average household size
2.0
Households with children
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Single-person households
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Residents per km²
29,486

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7.2

Rembrandtpark-Noord

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4.5

Jan Maijenbuurt

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4.3

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Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Mercatorpark calculated?

Mercatorpark scores 8.6 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 Mercatorpark a safe neighbourhood?

Mercatorpark scores 7.2 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (34.5 per year). The national median is around 24.1.