Highest share of higher education by district in Amsterdam (2024)

99 districts in Amsterdam in order. Search for your district to see where it stands.

Amsterdam 50%
At the top: Bloemendalerpolder, 81%

RankDistrictHigher education, aged 15 to 75

1Bloemendalerpolder81%
2Museumkwartier74%
=3De Weteringschans70%
=3Overtoomse Sluis70%
=3Weesperzijde70%
=3Zuidas70%
=7Scheldebuurt69%
=7Helmersbuurt69%
=7Grachtengordel-West69%
10Omval/Overamstel68%
=11Noordelijke IJ-oevers-West67%
=11Westindische Buurt67%
=11Houthavens67%
=14Hoofddorppleinbuurt66%
=14Haarlemmerbuurt66%
=14Da Costabuurt66%
=17Rijnbuurt65%
=17Apollobuurt65%
=19Middenmeer64%
=19Nieuwmarkt/Lastage64%
=19Geuzenbuurt64%
=19Grachtengordel-Zuid64%
=23Oostelijk Havengebied63%
=23Weesperbuurt/Plantage63%
=25Jordaan62%
=25Erasmuspark62%
=25Schinkelbuurt62%
=28Nieuwe Pijp61%
=28Bellamybuurt61%
=30Staatsliedenbuurt60%
=30Oostelijke Eilanden/Kadijken60%
=30Burgwallen-Oude Zijde60%
=33Oude Pijp59%
=33Frederik Hendrikbuurt59%
=33Willemspark59%
36Dapperbuurt58%
37Buitenveldert-Oost57%
=38Buitenveldert-West56%
=38Chassébuurt56%
=40Westlandgracht55%
=40Frankendael55%
=40Oosterparkbuurt55%
=40IJselbuurt55%
=40Waterland55%
=45Van Lennepbuurt54%
=45Weesp Binnenstad/Zuid54%
=47Indische Buurt-West52%
=47Zeeburgereiland/Bovendiep52%
=49Landlust51%
=49IJburg-West51%
=49Stadionbuurt51%
=49Hoofdweg e.o.51%
=49IJburg-Zuid51%
=54Transvaalbuurt50%
=54Centrale Markt50%
=56Spaarndammerbuurt/Zeeheldenbuurt49%
=56Elzenhagen49%
58Zuid Pijp47%
=59Sloten/Nieuw-Sloten46%
=59Indische Buurt-Oost46%
61De Kolenkit44%
=62Overtoomse Veld43%
=62IJplein/Vogelbuurt43%
=64Betondorp42%
=64Nellestein42%
66Kadoelen41%
=67Tuindorp Oostzaan40%
=67Slotervaart-Zuid40%
=67Tuindorp Buiksloot40%
=70Geerdinkhof/Kantershof38%
=70Slotervaart-Noord38%
=72Buikslotermeer37%
=72Aetsveld/Oostelijke Vechtoever37%
=74Slotermeer-Zuidoost36%
=74Driemond36%
=76Volewijck35%
=76Tuindorp Nieuwendam35%
=78Amsterdamse Poort e.o.34%
=78Van Galenbuurt34%
=80De Aker33%
=80Venserpolder33%
=80Weesp-Noordwest33%
83Oostzanerwerf32%
=84Osdorp-Oost31%
=84Gein31%
86Waterlandpleinbuurt30%
87H-buurt29%
88Banne Buiksloot28%
=89Reigersbos27%
=89Ganzenhoef e.o.27%
=91Osdorp-Midden26%
=91Bijlmermuseum26%
=93Slotermeer-Noordoost25%
=93K-buurt25%
=93De Punt25%
=93Lutkemeer/Ookmeer25%
97Holendrecht22%
98Geuzenveld21%
99Slotermeer-West20%

11 districts are not in the list: too small or without a figure for this measure.

Source: CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2024; CBS, Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025.

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