Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Ellingsrud?
District/municipality: Alna · 4 analysis cells · 7,647 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Karihaugen, Visperud
In short
Ellingsrud suits you best if you prioritize proximity to forest and large nature areas and low mapped road and rail noise. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to the fjord or food and cafés within walking distance. The figures are area averages, so always check the exact address.
The bar is the Stedsvalg model score from 0 to 100. Higher is always better.
Cost
What does it cost to live here?
- Purchase price
- NOK 58,579/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 15,178/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Ytre by øst, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 11.6 departures/hour
- In the morning peak, from stops within a short walk, where nearer stops count more. Counted across all routes and directions, so it isn't the frequency of any single line.
- 72/100 · Good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 36 min
- By public transport to Oslo S, arriving 08:30 (Entur).
Daily life on foot
What can you reach without a car or bus?
- Restaurants and cafés
- Almost none
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 39/100 · Weak
- Everyday amenities
- 585 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 62/100 · Good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Kiwi Ellingsrud · 8 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Karihaugen · 222 m away
- Fitness: Ellingsrud ridesenter · 315 m away
- Kindergarten: Læringsverkstedet Munkebekken idrettsbarnehage · 109 m away
- Restaurant/café: Marianne's Café · 38 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 2 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 91/100 · Very good
- The fjord
- 10.7 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 0/100 · Very weak
- Road and rail noise
- Fairly quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 79/100 · Good
- Perceived safety
- 7.5 out of 10
- How safe residents say they feel in their neighborhood (Oslo health survey 2024 and Akershus health survey 2025, sub-district figure). In Akershus it's one municipality number, not a neighborhood measure.
- 75/100 · Good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 1
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Very few
- Newer homes
- 1.1%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Almost none
How Ellingsrud came to be
According to the Store Norske Leksikon, Ellingsrud is named after Ellingsrud farm, which is known from the Middle Ages and belonged to Hovedøya monastery.1 The election of Akershus representatives to the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll was held at Ellingsrud farm on March 17, 1814.2
Building began at Karihaugen around 1970, and the Furuset line to Ellingsrudåsen opened in 1981.3
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Ellingsrud. ↑
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Ellingsrud. ↑
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Ellingsrud. ↑
Updated October 10, 2026 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed by Stedsvalg.
How this page is calculated
This page groups Stedsvalg cells that share the same officially derived place name. Figures are population-weighted typical values, not observations at every home. The cell grouping is an analysis basis, not a claim about an official neighborhood boundary.
Sources and freshness
- BOL018: Gjennomsnittlig kvadratmeterpris for omsatte boliger: 2025 · sub-district
- BOL014: Markedsleie for leieboliger per byområde: 2024 · regional
- Journey Planner v3 – estimatedCalls: 2026-09-14 · analysis cell
- Friluftslivsområder – kartlagte: 2026-09-11 · analysis cell
- Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Oslo 2024 - delbydelstabeller: 2026-09-12 · sub-district
- SEFRAK-bygninger, BOL001 og BOL008: 2026-10-01 · analysis cell / sub-district
- OpenStreetMap place names: 2026-10-04 · name point