neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Steigereiland-Zuid

2,540 residents · postal code 1086 · Part of IJburg-West, Amsterdam

Bottom 49% in the Netherlands

Everything for children close by, and little room

Of the almost thirteen thousand Dutch neighbourhoods, only ten score lower on quiet & nature than Steigereiland-Zuid. There is barely any greenery in the immediate surroundings, trees least of all, and it is densely built. A 2.5 with nothing to soften it.

For families there is a 9.8, and here that is no measurement artefact. More than half of households have children, the primary school is around the corner and hardly any older people live here. This is a neighbourhood that does exactly what the score suggests, and that is far from true everywhere.

The wealth & income pillar is divided. Property values are far above the national median and there are many high incomes, but there are also more low-income households than average, and both social assistance and vacancy are well above the midpoint.

no. 6,764 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
no. 210 of 454 in Amsterdam

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Is Steigereiland-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Steigereiland-Zuid comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods.

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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

28.7 per 1,000

Violent crime

5.4 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.5 per 1,000

Property crime

8.3 per 1,000

Vandalism

2.1 per 1,000

In 2025, 125 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

1.1 km

GP practice

0.3 km

Train station

5.1 km

Restaurant

0.3 km

Hospital

6.2 km

Café

4.1 km

Library

1.7 km

Motorway ramp

0.9 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

€ 686,000

Welfare recipients

27.6 per 1,000

High incomes

34%

Low incomes

41%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

57%

Social housing

36%

Not counted

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

Single-family homes

47%

Built after 2000

100%

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

11,122 inw/km²

Noise level

56 dB

Green surroundings

18%

Trees nearby

Water share

Not counted

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

Addresses per km²

1,341

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.3 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

54%

Childcare

0.2 km

Secondary school

2.5 km

Residents under 15

17%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Steigereiland-Zuid has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 20%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1517%
NL median 14%
15–2520%
NL median 11%
25–4521%
NL median 22%
45–6536%
NL median 28%
65+7%
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
2.6 — larger than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
31% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
54% — far more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,122 — 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 Steigereiland-Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Steigereiland-Zuid comes out at 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is more than in most Dutch neighbourhoods. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.

How much crime is there in Steigereiland-Zuid?

In Steigereiland-Zuid the police recorded 125 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (29 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 Steigereiland-Zuid calculated?

Steigereiland-Zuid scores 6.1 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 Steigereiland-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.