Huntum, Amsterdam

Living in Huntum

Huntum is city living in its most compact form, and most of its 82 homes are houses rather than apartments — front doors, gardens, street parking.

With just 1,624 residents per km², this is space by Dutch standards.

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 Huntum

The average home value (WOZ) in Huntum is €580,000, which puts it at #141 of 426 neighborhoods in Amsterdam — 15% pricier than most of the city. You pay for the location here. For scale: Amsterdam's cheapest buurt averages €42,000 and its priciest €2,286,000, so Huntum sits in the middle of the pack.

The direction of the market: between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €576,000 to €580,000, up 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 82% 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, Huntum is one of the older neighborhoods in the city — seniors form the largest group (31% of its 180 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 28%. Households split into 29% singles and 34% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.1 people.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 1.3 km away; dining out means a short trip: only 1 café or restaurant sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 19 min walk · GP 5 min · hospital 2.2 km · library 1.6 km · 1 cinema 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 2 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (3 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 9-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 7-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 1.6 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; car ownership is moderate (0.8 per household).

Energy and running costs

Since 100% of the stock predates 2000, always check the energy label of a specific listing — the difference between label C and label F on an average home here is easily a few thousand euros a year in heating, and it changes what you can sensibly bid.

Before you bid in Huntum

Before you bid in Huntum: with many older residents, more homes will come to market here over the coming years than the recent past suggests — patience can pay.

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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