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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

8,250 residents · postal code 1191 · Part of Wijk 00, Ouder-Amstel

  • no. 1,400 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 1 of 7 in Ouder-Amstel
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Scores per pillar

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel is a prosperous village just below Amsterdam, with a social score of 9.4 and an overall grade of 9.2. The average home value, at 659,000 euro, sits well above the national middle and 77 per cent of homes are single-family. Over four in ten households have children. At close to 20 crimes per thousand, crime sits below the median, though the nearness of the city holds safety to 4.9.

Amenities nearby

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

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
1.0 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
3.3 km
Childcare
0.8 km
Train station
4.2 km
Hospital
3.8 km
Restaurant
0.6 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
19.8
Violent crimes
1.7
Burglaries
1.0

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 659,000
Owner-occupied
64%
Single-family homes
77%
Built after 2000
19%
Income per resident
€ 47,000

Who lives here

0–15 17%15–25 11%25–45 18%45–65 29%65+ 24%
Average household size
2.4
Households with children
41%
Single-person households
30%
Residents per km²
4,009

Nearby neighbourhoods

Buurt over Ouderkerk

Amstelveen

9.5

Middelpolder

Amstelveen

7.7

Operabuurt

Amstelveen

3.8

Boekenbuurt

Amstelveen

7.3

Langerhuize

Amstelveen

7.7

In de Wolkenbuurt

Amstelveen

4.4

Similar neighbourhoods

Boeimeer

Breda

9.2

De Gilden

Dronten

9.2

Sint-Pancras kern

Dijk en Waard

9.2

Centrum

Heemstede

9.2

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Ouderkerk aan de Amstel calculated?

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel scores 9.2 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 Ouderkerk aan de Amstel a safe neighbourhood?

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel scores 4.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (19.8 per year). The national median is around 24.1.