neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Orteliusbuurt-Zuid

1,850 residents · postal code 1057 · Part of Hoofdweg e.o., Amsterdam

Top 22% in the Netherlands

Everything close by, safety lags

Orteliusbuurt-Zuid reaches a 9.9 for amenities without paying the usual price. Where neighbourhoods with everything in walking distance normally drop below a 3 on quiet & nature, this part comes out at a 5.7 — thanks to a tree canopy more than twice above the national middle and a green share close to it.

The crime figures barely deviate from the Dutch middle. Violence and vandalism are actually below it; only property crime sits above, and for a neighbourhood this close to the centre that is unusually mild.

The wealth & income pillar stays at a 6.0, and that is this area's tension. The highest income group is half again as broad as nationally and the lowest thinner, but the share of residents on social assistance is four times above the median. Rich and poor live on the same street here.

no. 2,857 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 75 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Orteliusbuurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Orteliusbuurt-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 figures ⌄

Safety

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

Total crime

26.2 per 1,000

Violent crime

2.2 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

11.9 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.9 per 1,000

In 2025, 74 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

0.3 km

GP practice

0.4 km

Train station

2.1 km

Restaurant

0.2 km

Hospital

1.7 km

Café

0.4 km

Library

0.8 km

Motorway ramp

1.4 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

€ 451,000

Welfare recipients

32.4 per 1,000

High incomes

29%

Low incomes

33%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

28%

Social housing

22%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

Built after 2000

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

24,069 inw/km²

Noise level

57 dB

Green surroundings

46%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

13%

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

10,316

Fine particles (PM2.5)

9.5 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

0.5 km

Households with children

14%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

1.5 km

Residents under 15

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Orteliusbuurt-Zuid has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 48%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–158%
NL median 14%
15–2510%
NL median 11%
25–4548%
NL median 22%
45–6519%
NL median 28%
65+15%
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
1.6 — far smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
14% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
24,069 — 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 Orteliusbuurt-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Orteliusbuurt-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 Orteliusbuurt-Zuid?

In Orteliusbuurt-Zuid the police recorded 74 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 Orteliusbuurt-Zuid calculated?

Orteliusbuurt-Zuid scores 8.4 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 Orteliusbuurt-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.