check je wijk.

neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid

3,240 residents · postal code 1091 · Part of Weesperzijde, Amsterdam

  • no. 3,577 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 137 of 454 in Amsterdam

Scores per pillar

At more than 17,500 residents per square kilometre, the Weesperzijde is among Amsterdam's most densely built neighbourhoods. Almost everything is flats and over half of households live alone. Social cohesion scores 9.4 and amenities 9.2, with a restaurant a hundred metres away. Safety is the counterweight at 3.0, with 54 crimes per 1,000 people present. At €629,000, home values are high.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.8 km
Primary school
0.5 km
Secondary school
0.7 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
1.2 km
Hospital
1.4 km
Restaurant
0.1 km
Café
0.6 km
Library
1.6 km

Safety

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

Total crimes
54.0
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
1.5

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 629,000
Owner-occupied
38%
Single-family homes
1%
Built after 2000
9%
Income per resident
€ 53,000

Who lives here

0–15 10%15–25 11%25–45 46%45–65 20%65+ 13%
Average household size
1.7
Households with children
17%
Single-person households
54%
Residents per km²
17,559

Nearby neighbourhoods

Similar neighbourhoods

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid calculated?

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid scores 7.9 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 Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid a safe neighbourhood?

Weesperzijde-Midden/Zuid scores 3.0 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (54.0 per year). The national median is around 24.1.