district in Amsterdam
Oostelijk Havengebied
Oostelijk Havengebied has 11 neighbourhoods with 20,755 residents in total.
The Oostelijk Havengebied is Amsterdam's redeveloped dockland, eleven neighbourhoods and just over 20,000 residents on islands such as Java, Borneo and KNSM. Wealth and income score 8.3 and the overall lands on the same mark, the picture of a successful urban transformation along the IJ. Amenities (7.8) and safety (7.5) hold up well. Only quiet and nature trail, at 3.3: building densely on the water has its price.
no. 18 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam
Short answer: Oostelijk Havengebied scores 7.7 as a district of Amsterdam, no. 18 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Sporenburg (10.0), the worst Oostelijke Handelskade (4.4). The district has 11 neighbourhoods with 20,755 residents in total.
Key figures for Oostelijk Havengebied
- residents
- 20,755
- neighbourhoods
- 11
- km² of land
- 1.5
How Oostelijk Havengebied 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, 1,002 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
Oostelijk Havengebied has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 35%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2510%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+14%
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
1.9 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
46% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
24% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
15,858 — 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 Oostelijk Havengebied, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Oostelijk Havengebied
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Oostelijk Havengebied.
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Neighbourhoods in Oostelijk Havengebied
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