district in Amsterdam
Museumkwartier
Museumkwartier has 10 neighbourhoods with 12,565 residents in total.
The Museumkwartier sits at the heart of Amsterdam-Zuid, around the Concertgebouw and the major museums. Amenities (9.6) and wealth & income (9.0) rank near the top of the scale. Quiet & nature (3.4) and safety (4.0) are the counterweights, fitting for a busy, tourist-heavy quarter. Ten neighbourhoods hold over 12,000 residents; despite the sky-high wealth and amenities scores, the overall only reaches 7.6.
no. 20 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam
Short answer: Museumkwartier scores 7.6 as a district of Amsterdam, no. 20 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Banpleinbuurt (9.7), the worst P.C. Hooftbuurt (5.1). The district has 10 neighbourhoods with 12,565 residents in total.
Key figures for Museumkwartier
- residents
- 12,565
- neighbourhoods
- 10
- km² of land
- 1.3
How Museumkwartier 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, 1,746 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
Museumkwartier has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2511%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6526%
NL median 28%
- 65+20%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
51% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
22% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
14,241 — 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 Museumkwartier, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Museumkwartier
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Museumkwartier.
Neighbourhoods in Museumkwartier
Sorted by total grade