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Osdorp-Oost

Osdorp-Oost has 5 neighbourhoods with 18,625 residents in total.

Bottom 29% of the Netherlands

How we calculate

Osdorp-Oost belongs to Amsterdam Nieuw-West and sits around the Osdorpplein, five neighbourhoods and just over 18,000 residents. Amenities reach 8.9, with the shopping centre and metro close by. The other figures stay low: quiet and nature 4.6, safety 3.5 and wealth and income 4.1. The overall comes to 4.6. A post-war garden district with the familiar challenge of the western city edge.

no. 90 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam

Short answer: Osdorp-Oost scores 4.6 as a district of Amsterdam, no. 90 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Meer en Oever (5.8), the worst Wildeman (3.3). The district has 5 neighbourhoods with 18,625 residents in total.

Key figures for Osdorp-Oost

residents
18,625
neighbourhoods
5
km² of land
1.6

How Osdorp-Oost 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.
Total crime
46.0 per 1,000
Violent crime
5.3 per 1,000
Burglaries
1.1 per 1,000
Property crime
17.5 per 1,000
Vandalism
3.4 per 1,000

In 2025, 1,265 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.
Supermarket
0.5 km
GP practice
0.4 km
Train station
3.8 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Hospital
3.0 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
0.9 km
Motorway ramp
2.9 km

Tick = Dutch median

Best amenities in Amsterdam

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.
Property value
€ 383,930
Welfare recipients
51.0 per 1,000
High incomes
15%
Low incomes
47%
Vacancy
5%
Owner-occupied
26%
Social housing
53%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes
13%
Built after 2000
26%

Tick = Dutch median

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The figures

Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Population density
13,550 inw/km²
Noise level
56 dB
Green surroundings
40%
Trees nearby
12%
Water share
12%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²
4,133
Fine particles (PM2.5)
8.6 µg/m³

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 quietest, greenest neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

The figures

Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Primary school
0.7 km
Households with children
25%
Childcare
0.4 km
Secondary school
1.2 km
Residents under 15
15%

Tick = Dutch median

The best neighbourhoods for families in Amsterdam

Who lives here

Osdorp-Oost has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 34%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

  • 0–1515%

    NL median 14%

  • 15–2514%

    NL median 11%

  • 25–4534%

    NL median 22%

  • 45–6520%

    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

    1.9smaller than average

    NL median 2.3

  • Single-person households

    54%far more than average

    NL median 31%

  • Households with children

    25%fewer than average

    NL median 35%

  • Residents per km²

    13,550far 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 Osdorp-Oost, weighted by population.

The best and worst neighbourhoods of Osdorp-Oost

The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Osdorp-Oost.

Neighbourhoods in Osdorp-Oost

Sorted by total grade

  1. 1Meer en Oever5.8
  2. 2Osdorp-Zuidoost5.0
  3. 3Osdorpplein e.o.4.8
  4. 4Calandlaan/Lelylaan4.7
  5. 5Wildeman3.3