district in Diemen
Diemen Centrum
Diemen Centrum has 8 neighbourhoods with 10,680 residents in total.
Diemen Centrum has eight neighbourhoods with over 10,700 residents, including student flats along the Rode Kruislaan. Amenities reach a high 8.9, and wealth comes in at 5.5. Quiet & nature (3.4) and safety (4.3) are weakest. The 5.9 overall describes a well-served, densely built district on the edge of Amsterdam.
no. 4 of the 6 districts of Diemen
Short answer: Diemen Centrum scores 5.9 as a district of Diemen, no. 4 of the 6 districts of Diemen. Its strongest neighbourhood is Ruimzicht West (7.1), the worst Ruimzicht Oost (4.5). The district has 8 neighbourhoods with 10,680 residents in total.
Key figures for Diemen Centrum
- residents
- 10,680
- neighbourhoods
- 8
- km² of land
- 1.9
How Diemen Centrum 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, 513 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.
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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.
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
Diemen Centrum has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 17%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1513%
NL median 14%
- 15–2517%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6522%
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
1.8 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
52% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
26% — fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
11,983 — 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 Diemen Centrum, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Diemen Centrum
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Diemen Centrum.
Neighbourhoods in Diemen Centrum
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