Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord, Amsterdam

Living in Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord

Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord is city living in its most compact form, and living here overwhelmingly means apartment living — 100% of the stock is flats.

With 20,868 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 Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord

The average home value (WOZ) in Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord is €512,000, which puts it at #200 of 424 neighborhoods in Amsterdam, almost exactly the city's midpoint. For scale: Amsterdam's cheapest buurt averages €58,000 and its most expensive €2,250,000, so Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value here fell from €511,000 to €502,000, down 2% — roughly in step with the rest of the city. WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Here is the catch for buyers: only 28% of homes are owner-occupied, and 32% of the stock is social housing that never reaches the open market. Few homes come up for sale, so when one does, expect competition and act fast on viewings. The upside of the same number: neighborhoods with a big rental base tend to feel lively and transient rather than settled — decide which you want before you fall for a listing.

Who lives here

Demographically, Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (45% of its 3,820 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 23%. More than half of all households (58%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.6 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: this is a neighborhood of contrasts — 49% of households sit in the lower national income bracket, yet the average income per resident is €42,000 a year. Social housing and expensive owner-occupied homes stand side by side here, which is common in Dutch inner cities.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 5 large supermarkets within a kilometer; eating out is the default here — around 111 cafés and restaurants inside a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 4 min walk · GP 5 min · hospital 2.0 km · library 0.5 km · 11 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 7 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (15 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 a 1-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is an 11-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.7 km away; and at 0.3 cars per household, most residents simply don't own one — if you do, factor in permit costs and waiting lists before you buy.

Energy and running costs

99% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord

Before you bid in Frederik Hendrikbuurt-Noord: much of Amsterdam sits on soft soil, 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, listings are scarce here, which pushes bidding above asking more often — decide your maximum before the viewing, not during it.

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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