district in Amsterdam
Dapperbuurt
Dapperbuurt has 3 neighbourhoods with 10,000 residents in total.
The Dapperbuurt in Amsterdam East turns on three neighbourhoods around the market of the same name and Oostpoort, together exactly 10,000 residents. Amenities reach the maximum 10.0 here, with the daily market and public transport around the corner. Against that stands a safety mark of 3.2, and quiet and nature scores just as low at 2.9: both clear weak points. Wealth (5.6) sits above the middle. The overall lands at 5.8: urban, complete and sought-after, but busy and not always safe.
no. 58 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam
Short answer: Dapperbuurt scores 5.8 as a district of Amsterdam, no. 58 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam. Its highest neighbourhood grade is Oostpoort (7.4). The district has 3 neighbourhoods with 10,000 residents in total.
Key figures for Dapperbuurt
- residents
- 10,000
- neighbourhoods
- 3
- km² of land
- 0.6
How Dapperbuurt scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 1,275 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄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.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Dapperbuurt has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 39%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4539%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
60% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
19% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
18,748 — 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. Average of the neighbourhoods in Dapperbuurt, weighted by population.
Neighbourhoods in Dapperbuurt
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