district in Amsterdam
Waterlandpleinbuurt
Waterlandpleinbuurt has 6 neighbourhoods with 14,095 residents in total.
The Waterlandpleinbuurt is post-war Amsterdam-Noord, 14,095 residents across six neighbourhoods around the Werengouw and the Markengouw. Amenities score 8.6 here, but that figure carries the district almost single-handed: wealth and income holds at 4.2 and quiet and nature at 6.0. The overall gets no further than 3.8 as a result. Safety, at 4.4, fares least badly.
no. 27 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam
Short answer: Waterlandpleinbuurt scores 7.3 as a district of Amsterdam, no. 27 of the 109 districts of Amsterdam. Its strongest neighbourhood is Werengouw-Zuid (8.8), the worst Werengouw-Midden (5.6). The district has 6 neighbourhoods with 14,095 residents in total.
Key figures for Waterlandpleinbuurt
- residents
- 14,095
- neighbourhoods
- 6
- km² of land
- 1.4
How Waterlandpleinbuurt 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, 523 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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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.
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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.
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.
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
Waterlandpleinbuurt has strikingly few residents aged 65 and over: 12%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1521%
NL median 14%
- 15–2514%
NL median 11%
- 25–4531%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
NL median 28%
- 65+12%
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
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
38% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,027 — 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 Waterlandpleinbuurt, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Waterlandpleinbuurt
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Waterlandpleinbuurt.
Neighbourhoods in Waterlandpleinbuurt
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