district in Maastricht
Buitenwijk Oost
Buitenwijk Oost has 7 neighbourhoods with 32,195 residents in total.
Buitenwijk Oost bundles Maastricht's eastern neighbourhoods, from village-like Amby and Scharn to urban Wittevrouwenveld, seven neighbourhoods and just over 32,000 residents. Amenities score 9.1, with the old centre around the corner. Yet wealth and income (3.8), safety (4.4) and quiet and nature (5.0) weigh on the balance, and the overall gets no further than 4.9. A district of extremes, where prosperous fringes border post-war disadvantage.
no. 2 of the 7 districts of Maastricht
Short answer: Buitenwijk Oost scores 4.9 as a district of Maastricht, no. 2 of the 7 districts of Maastricht. Its strongest neighbourhood is Amby (8.1), the worst Wyckerpoort (2.8). The district has 7 neighbourhoods with 32,195 residents in total.
Key figures for Buitenwijk Oost
- residents
- 32,195
- neighbourhoods
- 7
- km² of land
- 13.1
How Buitenwijk 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.
In 2025, 1,445 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
Buitenwijk Oost has strikingly many young people aged 15 to 25: 21%, against 11% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1512%
NL median 14%
- 15–2521%
NL median 11%
- 25–4525%
NL median 22%
- 45–6523%
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
1.7 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
57% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
21% — far fewer than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
3,468 — 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 Buitenwijk Oost, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Buitenwijk Oost
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Neighbourhoods in Buitenwijk Oost
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