district in Amsterdam
Hoofdweg e.o.
Hoofdweg e.o. has 4 neighbourhoods with 10,045 residents in total.
Hoofdweg e.o. belongs to Amsterdam West and groups four neighbourhoods around the Columbusplein and the Orteliusbuurt, together over 10,000 residents. Amenities here are all but unbeaten at 9.9. The urban price tag comes with it: quiet and nature drops to 2.9 and safety to 3.7, both weak points. Wealth (5.4) holds up reasonably. The overall of 5.8 marks a densely built, complete but greenery-poor and busy part of the city.
no. 58 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam
Short answer: Hoofdweg e.o. scores 5.8 as a district of Amsterdam, no. 58 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Orteliusbuurt-Zuid (8.4), the worst Balboaplein e.o. (5.1). The district has 4 neighbourhoods with 10,045 residents in total.
Key figures for Hoofdweg e.o.
- residents
- 10,045
- neighbourhoods
- 4
- km² of land
- 0.4
How Hoofdweg e.o. 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, 575 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
Hoofdweg e.o. has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 45%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1510%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4545%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
NL median 28%
- 65+11%
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
56% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
18% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
25,378 — 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 Hoofdweg e.o., weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Hoofdweg e.o.
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Neighbourhoods in Hoofdweg e.o.
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