The population is growing faster than in Amsterdam. Homes cost less than the average in the municipality of Amsterdam, and registered crime per resident is higher.
The average WOZ value in Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf is €158,000, 69% lower than in Amsterdam (€518,000). 0% of the homes are owner-occupied, 31 percentage points less than in Amsterdam (31%).
Key figures
Average WOZ value
€158,000
▼69% lower than Amsterdam (€518,000)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (31%)
Social housing
0%
▼39 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (39%)
Private rent
100%
▲70 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (30%)
Single-family dwellings
3%
▼9 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (12%)
Built 1975–1991
2%
▼13 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (15%)
Built 1965–1974
2%
▼4 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (6%)
Average WOZ value
€158,000
▼69% lower than Amsterdam (€518,000)
More figures
Owner-occupied dwellings
0%
▼31 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (31%)
Social housing
0%
▼39 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (39%)
Private rent
100%
▲70 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (30%)
Single-family dwellings
3%
▼9 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (12%)
Built 1975–1991
2%
▼13 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (15%)
Built 1965–1974
2%
▼4 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (6%)
Modelled ownership costs
Modelled ownership costs for a typical dwelling here: ~€172 per month (excluding mortgage and energy)
€172/ month
Typical home here, before mortgage and energy
56 m² · measured buurt average
WOZ €158,000 · average here
Levies you'll be billed€96NL median
Water board levy€36–
Waste levy€33€27
Sewage levy€19€22
Property tax (OZB)€8€14
Costs to set aside€76
Maintenance reserve€71–
Buildings insurance€5–
Model estimates, not bills.
For this home, Amsterdam's OZB, sewage and waste levies rank 117th of 334 gemeenten, cheapest first.
cheapestdearest
Water board, maintenance and insurance are estimated from national rates and the home's value and size, so they aren't compared.
Explanation
The home: one typical home of 56 m² (measured average in this buurt) with the average WOZ value here, €158,000.
Levies: Amsterdam's own OZB, sewage and waste rates for 2026. The water board levy uses national average rates.
Set aside: maintenance at 0.85% and buildings insurance at 0.06% a year of the rebuild cost (€1,800 per m²).
NL median: what the same home would pay in the middle gemeente. Gemeenten where a regional body collects the waste levy are left out.
Not included: mortgage and energy. These are estimates, not actual bills.
Source: Municipal levies + CBS 2026
Dwelling value ladder
Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf has the lowest WOZ value of the 6 buurten in Oostzanerwerf.
Average WOZ value from the Netherlands down to this area, and its rank within its own group (e.g. buurten within the same wijk). Provincie is omitted: KWB publishes no province rows to average.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)
WOZ value and age structure
Here: €158,000 average WOZ value.
Value
Dwellings
Aged 65+
Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf
158,000
63
–
Walvisbuurt
515,000
548
–
Twiske-West
568,000
981
–
Oostzanerdijk
620,000
141
–
Circus/Kermisbuurt
393,000
643
–
Molenwijk
286,000
1,416
–
Explanation
Each circle is an area: position by average WOZ value, size by dwelling count. The 65-and-over share (pct_65_plus) travels on every point but is not yet drawn as a second axis.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB)
Dwellings by ownership
The largest category is private rent, at 100% of dwellings.
Private rent100%
Explanation
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Dwellings by type
97% of the dwelling stock is multi-family homes.
Single-family homes3%
Multi-family homes97%
Explanation
CBS publishes this as a share of the dwelling stock, not a count.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Dwellings by build period
97% of dwellings were built in 2016 or later, against 12% in the municipality of Amsterdam.
1965-19741.6%
1975-19911.6%
2016 and later96.8%
Explanation
Based on 63 dwellings with a registered construction year in the BAG (verblijfsobjecten whose pand has no usable bouwjaar, such as 1005 or 9999, are excluded).
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
02 · Safety
More registered crime per resident than the Amsterdam average.
In 2025, 121 crimes per 1,000 residents were registered in Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf, 41% higher than in Amsterdam (86). Since 2023 the registered rate per 1,000 residents fell 72%, against a fall of 3% in Amsterdam. Crimes are counted where they happen, not where the offender lives.
Key figures
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
121
▲41% higher than Amsterdam (86)
Change since 2023
-72%
▼lower than Amsterdam (-3%)
Home burglary
0
2023–2025
Crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
121
▲41% higher than Amsterdam (86)
Change since 2023
-72%
▼lower than Amsterdam (-3%)
Home burglary
0
2023–2025
Registered crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025
In 2025, Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf registered 121 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 86 in the municipality of Amsterdam.
Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf121
The municipality of Amsterdam86
Explanation
Crime is counted where it happens and divided by the number of residents, so places with many visitors — city centres, nightlife, stations — score higher.
The largest category in Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf is 'Traffic': 75.8 per 1,000 residents in 2025, against 9.5 in the municipality of Amsterdam.
Melkweg/OostzanerwerfAmsterdam
Traffic75.8
Amsterdam 9.5▲ +698% vs Amsterdam
Theft and burglary24.2
Amsterdam 47.9▼ −49% vs Amsterdam
Violence and threats12.1
Amsterdam 9.2▲ +32% vs Amsterdam
Vandalism and public order6.1
Amsterdam 8.8▼ −31% vs Amsterdam
Other and withheld3.0
Amsterdam 3.9▼ −23% vs Amsterdam
Fraud and scams0.0
Amsterdam 6.0▼ −100% vs Amsterdam
Environmental0.0
Amsterdam 0.4≈ Amsterdam
Explanation
Four categories are structurally withheld at buurt level (sex offences, child pornography, child prostitution, other integrity offences); the gap with the published total is shown under 'other'.
In 2024, police in Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf registered 97 traffic accidents, of which 4 with injury and none fatal.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
FatalInjuryMaterial damage only
Explanation
Registered accidents (BRON, Rijkswaterstaat); material-damage-only accidents have not been systematically registered since roughly 2010 and are not comparable between areas. This area shows only accidents with an exactly known location (roughly 80-85% of all registered accidents); the rest is known only at street, intersection or gemeente level. The comparison with the gemeente therefore also uses only the gemeente's exactly-located accidents, which is why that figure is lower than on the gemeente's own page.
Source: BRON — Bestand geRegistreerde Ongevallen Nederland (Rijkswaterstaat) 2024
03 · Living environment
Residents rate their health below the Amsterdam average.
An estimated 56% of adults in Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf rate their own health as good, 16 percentage points less than in Amsterdam. More adults feel lonely (67% against 54%), more are overweight (50% against 42%), more smoke (29% against 22%) and more meet the physical activity guideline (65% against 58%).
Key figures
Self-rated health (estimated)
56%
▼16 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (72%)
More figures
Lonely
67%
▲13 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (54%)
Smokes
29%
▲7 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (22%)
Overweight
50%
▲8 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (42%)
Meets physical activity guideline
65%
▲7 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (58%)
Self-rated health (estimated)
56%
▼16 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (72%)
More figures
Lonely
67%
▲13 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (54%)
Smokes
29%
▲7 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (22%)
Overweight
50%
▲8 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (42%)
Meets physical activity guideline
65%
▲7 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (58%)
Health
An estimated 56% of adults rate their own health as good, against 72% in the municipality of Amsterdam (2024).
This areaThe municipality of Amsterdam
Good self-rated health
55.7%
72.3%
Smokes
28.9%
21.7%
Excessive drinking
5.2%
7.2%
Overweight
49.5%
42.5%
Lonely
66.6%
54.2%
Anxiety or depression feelings
63.2%
56.6%
Meets physical activity guideline
64.6%
57.7%
Explanation
An RIVM model estimate (small-area estimation from the 2024 Health Monitor for Adults and Elderly), not a direct tabulation — even a buurt that was not itself surveyed gets an estimate. Figures cover adults aged 18 and over.
Source: RIVM/CBS Gezondheidsmonitor Volwassenen en Ouderen (kleine-gebieden-schatting) 2024
Distance to amenities
A daycare lies here at an average road distance of 100 m.
Distance
Value
Large supermarket
2,100 m
–
GP practice
1,300 m
–
Primary school
1,200 m
–
Daycare
100 m
–
Large supermarkets
–
0
GP practices
–
0
Daycares
–
1
Explanation
Average road distance from every address in this buurt to the nearest amenity, and the average count within 1 km — a buurt average, not a distance from one address.
Source: CBS proximity statistics 2025
04 · Residents
The population is growing faster than the Amsterdam average.
Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf has 325 inhabitants (2026), or 540 per km² (89% lower than in Amsterdam). Between 2023 and 2026 the population rose 306%, against a rise of 3% in Amsterdam. In the 2025 House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) election, turnout in the municipality of Amsterdam was 71%, 7 percentage points below the national 78%. Of the parties that are largest nationally, GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) had the highest share there: 27% of the vote, against 13% nationally. Election results exist only per municipality, so these are the municipality's figures.
Key figures
Population growth since 2023
+306%
▲higher than Amsterdam (+3%)
Turnout, municipality of Amsterdam
71%
▼7 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+3050%
▲higher than Amsterdam (+3%)
Aged 25 to 45
38%
▲1 percentage point higher than Amsterdam (37%)
Never married
77%
▲12 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (65%)
European origin (not Dutch)
75%
▲58 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (17%)
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), share of the vote
27%
▲14 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (13%)
Population growth since 2023
+306%
▲higher than Amsterdam (+3%)
Turnout, municipality of Amsterdam
71%
▼7 percentage points lower than the Netherlands (78%)
More figures
Growth of the dwelling stock
+3050%
▲higher than Amsterdam (+3%)
Aged 25 to 45
38%
▲1 percentage point higher than Amsterdam (37%)
Never married
77%
▲12 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (65%)
European origin (not Dutch)
75%
▲58 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (17%)
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), share of the vote
27%
▲14 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (13%)
Population per year
The population grew 306% between 2023 and 2026, to 325.
Residents, 2026
325
+306% since 2023
Amsterdam +3%
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Density
With 540 residents per km², this buurt is 89% less densely populated than the municipality of Amsterdam.
Residents per km²540
Dwellings per km²105
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Births and deaths per 1,000 residents
In 2025, almost no children were born; almost no one died.
2023
2024
2025
BirthsDeaths
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Residents by age group
38% of residents are between 25 and 45.
0 to 1535
15 to 2550
25 to 45125
45 to 6590
65 to 8020
80 and over5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Marital status
77% of residents are never married.
Never married250
Married60
Divorced10
Widowed5
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Residents by country of origin
75% of residents have European origin (outside the Netherlands).
Netherlands70
Europe (excluding the Netherlands)240
Outside Europe10
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2026
Parliamentary election
These figures are for the whole municipality of Amsterdam; there is no result per buurt or wijk. At the general election (Tweede Kamer) of 29 October 2025, 71% of eligible voters in Amsterdam voted. The largest party was GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) with 27% of the valid votes.
Municipality of AmsterdamThe Netherlands
D66
23.9%
16.9%
PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid)
6.9%
16.7%
VVD
9.7%
14.2%
GROENLINKS / Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
27.1%
12.8%
CDA
3.9%
11.8%
JA21
2.6%
5.9%
Forum voor Democratie
2%
4.5%
BBB
0.7%
2.6%
Other
23.2%
14.4%
Explanation
Official election result (Kiesraad), top 8 parties by national vote count plus 'Other'; share of valid votes. A voter may vote at any polling station in their own gemeente; there is therefore no reliable buurt- or wijk-level result. This figure is the whole gemeente's own result.
Source: Kiesraad — Verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer (data.overheid.nl) TK2025
05 · More figures
More figures
Melkweg/Oostzanerwerf has an average of 0.4 cars per household, 20% lower than in Amsterdam (0.5). 41% of cars run on something other than petrol (diesel, LPG or electricity, hybrids included), 10 percentage points more than in Amsterdam (31%).
Key figures
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
32%
▲17 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (15%)
Business services, share of businesses
16%
▼14 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (30%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
21%
▲14 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (7%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.4
▼20% lower than Amsterdam (0.5)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
41%
▲10 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (31%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
−3 pp
▼lower than Amsterdam (+4 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
54%
▼37 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (91%)
Sports, share of addresses
6%
▲6 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (0%)
Assembly, share of addresses
7%
▲6 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (1%)
Private rent
100%
▲86 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Multi-family dwellings
97%
▲60 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Average WOZ value
€158,000
▼60% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Culture, recreation and other services, share of businesses
32%
▲17 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (15%)
Business services, share of businesses
16%
▼14 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (30%)
Industry and energy, share of businesses
21%
▲14 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (7%)
Cars per household (2025)
0.4
▼20% lower than Amsterdam (0.5)
Cars not on petrol (2025)
41%
▲10 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (31%)
Change in cars not on petrol since 2023
−3 pp
▼lower than Amsterdam (+4 pp)
Residential, share of addresses
54%
▼37 percentage points lower than Amsterdam (91%)
Sports, share of addresses
6%
▲6 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (0%)
Assembly, share of addresses
7%
▲6 percentage points higher than Amsterdam (1%)
Private rent
100%
▲86 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (14%)
Multi-family dwellings
97%
▲60 percentage points higher than the Netherlands (37%)
Average WOZ value
€158,000
▼60% lower than the Netherlands (€398,000)
Business establishments by sector
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten is the largest sector, with 30 establishments.
Landbouw, bosbouw en visserij0
Nijverheid en energie20
Handel en horeca15
Vervoer, informatie en communicatie5
Financiële diensten, onroerend goed0
Zakelijke dienstverlening15
Overheid, onderwijs en zorg10
Cultuur, recreatie, overige diensten30
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Passenger cars by fuel type
41% of passenger cars do not run on petrol (diesel, LPG, electric etc.), against 31% in the municipality of Amsterdam (2025).
Petrol58.8%
Other fuel (diesel, LPG, electric etc.)41.2%
Explanation
CBS splits passenger cars into 'petrol' and 'other fuel' only. That second category bundles diesel, LPG, electric (including hybrid), hydrogen, alcohol, LNG and CNG together — CBS publishes no separate electric-car count per buurt, wijk or gemeente, so this is not the same as an 'electric share'.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Share on other fuel per year
The share of passenger cars not running on petrol went from 44% to 41% between 2023 and 2025.
Share on other fuel, 2025
41%▲ 10 percentage points above Amsterdam (31%)
-3 pp since 2023
Amsterdam +4 pp
Explanation
See the 'Passenger cars by fuel type' card for what 'other fuel' covers — this is not the share of electric cars.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Vehicles by kind
In 2025, 85 passenger cars and 15 motorcycles were registered here.
Passenger cars85
Motorcycles15
Explanation
At this level CBS publishes only passenger cars and motorcycles, no vans or trucks.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025
Addresses by building use
54% of addresses are residential; the largest other use is assembly (7%).
Residential53.8%
Retail0.9%
Office1.7%
Assembly6.8%
Industrial4.3%
Lodging0.9%
Education1.7%
Sports6%
Other23.9%
Explanation
Based on 117 verblijfsobjecten in use. An object with several registered uses (e.g. a flat above a shop) is counted under each of them, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
Source: Kadaster BAG (bag-light.gpkg) 2026-09-01
Biggest difference from the Netherlands
3% single-family dwellings, against 63% nationally.
This areaThe Netherlands
Single-family dwellings3%
NL 63%▼ −95% vs NL
Private rent100%
NL 14%▲ +614% vs NL
Multi-family dwellings97%
NL 37%▲ +162% vs NL
Average WOZ value€158,000
NL €398,000▼ −60% vs NL
Residents per km²540
NL 539≈ NL
Explanation
The 5 characteristics that differ most from the national average, ranked by log ratio (so a halving and a doubling count as equally different); the shown percentage is the ordinary difference against the Netherlands.
Source: CBS Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (KWB) 2025