De Bongerd, Amsterdam

Living in De Bongerd

De Bongerd is densely built and genuinely urban, and most of its 916 homes are houses rather than apartments — front doors, gardens, street parking.

With 12,223 residents per km², you will know your streets are alive — and so will your ears; visit on a Friday evening before you commit.

Amsterdam is the tightest housing market in the Netherlands: international workers, students and families chase the same limited stock, overbidding is routine in popular price bands, and a large social-housing sector keeps much of the city permanently off the open market. Where a buurt sits relative to the ring road (A10) and a metro or tram line explains a surprising share of its price.

The housing market in De Bongerd

At €677,000 average WOZ value, De Bongerd ranks 83 out of 426 Amsterdam neighborhoods on price — 34% pricier than most of the city. That premium is the location speaking. For scale: Amsterdam's cheapest buurt averages €42,000 and its priciest €2,286,000, so De Bongerd sits among the city's pricier neighbourhoods.

The direction of the market: between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value here fell from €685,000 to €677,000, down 1% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 67% of homes owner-occupied, this is a settled buyers' neighborhood — homes change hands regularly, and you can usually find recent comparable sales on the same street to anchor your bid. Settled also means slower: owners here tend to stay, so the best houses may only list once a decade.

Who lives here

Demographically, De Bongerd is a young-adult neighborhood — the 25-to-45 group outnumbers everyone else (34% of its 3,165 residents), followed by children under 15 at 28%. 57% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.7 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: 41% of households are among the country's highest earners — which helps explain both the café density and the bidding behavior; average income per resident is €32,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 4 minutes' walk; this is not a going-out neighborhood — the cafés are elsewhere.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 20 min walk · GP 12 min · hospital 3.2 km · library 2.5 km · 2 cinemas within 5 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 4 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (2 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is an 8-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 6.9 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; the nearest highway on-ramp is 3.6 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.9 per household).

Energy and running costs

With 100% of homes built after 2000, insulation standards here are decent by default — but newer also means VvE service costs for apartments and less room to add value through renovation. Different math, not automatically better.

Before you bid in De Bongerd

Before you bid in De Bongerd: the national soil map leaves built-up areas unclassified, and city centres like this one often sit on peat, and pre-1970 homes may stand on wooden piles — since the 2026 appraisal rules, a foundation risk class (A–E) appears in every valuation, so check it before you bid, not after the deal is already emotional. Also, in a premium buurt the risk isn't buying a bad home, it's overpaying for a good one — anchor your bid on recent sales of comparable homes, not on the asking price. Beyond that, family neighborhoods like this one turn over slowly; when a good house appears it often goes to the first serious, well-prepared bidder.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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