Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Holmlia?
District/municipality: Søndre Nordstrand · 7 analysis cells · 12,210 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Holm, Rosenholm, Åsbråten, Mastemyr, Øvre Ljanskollen
In short
Holmlia suits you best if you prioritize low mapped road and rail noise and perceived safety. 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 52,983/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 14,792/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Ytre by sør, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 25.2 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.
- 77/100 · Good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 32 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.
- 52/100 · Mixed
- Everyday amenities
- 578 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 63/100 · Good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Rema 1000 Holmlia · 29 m away
- Pharmacy: Apotek 1 Holmlia · 286 m away
- Fitness: Lia Trening · 297 m away
- Kindergarten: Bertram barnehage · 65 m away
- Restaurant/café: Krem Kafé og Konditori · 282 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 2.1 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 69/100 · Good
- The fjord
- 1.7 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 45/100 · Mixed
- Road and rail noise
- Quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 85/100 · Very good
- Perceived safety
- 8.1 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.
- 81/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 2
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Very few
- Newer homes
- 2%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Almost none
How Holmlia came to be
The development of Holmlia began in the late 1970s.1 According to Wikipedia, Holmlia has about 4,500 apartments, most of them built in the 1980s, in a mix of terraced houses and high-rise blocks.2
The name comes from the station, which was named after the farm Holm and the croft Lia.3 According to Wikipedia, the present Holmlia station opened in 1982, 200 meters north of the first stop from 1932, and gained a northern access in 2012.4
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Holmlia, Wikipedia: Holmlia. ↑
- One source: Wikipedia: Holmlia. ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Holmlia, Wikipedia: Holmlia Station. ↑
- One source: Wikipedia: Holmlia Station. ↑
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