Uilenburg, Amsterdam

Living in Uilenburg

Uilenburg is densely built and genuinely urban, and this is apartment territory: only about 1 in 100 homes is a house.

With 15,475 residents per km², you will know your streets are alive — and so will your ears; visit on a Friday evening before you commit. Water makes up 27% of its surface — canals and waterfront are part of daily scenery here, and so are the price tags of homes that face them.

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 Uilenburg

The average home value (WOZ) in Uilenburg is €588,000, which puts it at #132 of 424 neighborhoods in Amsterdam — 16% above the city median. You pay for the location here. For scale: Amsterdam's cheapest buurt averages €58,000 and its most expensive €2,250,000, so Uilenburg sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €586,000 to €596,000, up 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.

Ownership is split: 36% owner-occupied against 64% rental, including 36% social housing. Enough homes trade hands to give you comparable sales, but check what's actually for sale versus rented in the specific block you're eyeing — the mix can flip from one street to the next.

Who lives here

Demographically, Uilenburg is a young-adult neighborhood — the 25-to-45 group outnumbers everyone else (36% of its 1,245 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 28%. More than half of all households (61%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 44% of households are in the lower national bracket.

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 110 cafés and restaurants inside a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 11 min walk · GP 7 min · hospital 1.9 km · library 1.7 km · 12 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 5 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (4 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 station is a 6-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 4.8 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

Since 72% 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 Uilenburg

Before you bid in Uilenburg: 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.

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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