Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Nordstrand?
District/municipality: Nordstrand · 6 analysis cells · 10,486 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Karlsrud, Kastellet, Nordseter
In short
Nordstrand suits you best if you prioritize perceived safety and nearby public transport service. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to the fjord or proximity to forest and large nature areas. 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 91,333/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
- 24.4 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.
- 86/100 · Very good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 29 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
- about 1
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 58/100 · Mixed
- Everyday amenities
- 515 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 70/100 · Good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Kiwi Karlsrud · 154 m away
- Pharmacy: Apotek 1 Karlsrud · 291 m away
- Fitness: Mudo - instituttet · 126 m away
- Kindergarten: Bråten barnehage · 165 m away
- Restaurant/café: Karlsrud Mat og Vinhus · 127 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 2.2 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 50/100 · Mixed
- The fjord
- 1.8 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 44/100 · Mixed
- Road and rail noise
- Quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 81/100 · Very good
- Perceived safety
- 9 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.
- 90/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 21
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Few
- Newer homes
- 8.5%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Few
How Nordstrand came to be
Nordstrand station opened in 1880 on the Østfold line and made the area a residential district within commuting distance of Oslo.1 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, plots were split off from the farms and villas were built along the slopes up to Nordstrandshøgda.2
The Ekeberg tram line, which reached Ekeberg in 1917 and Ljabru in 1941, led to new building in the area.3
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Nordstrand (strøk), Wikipedia: Nordstrand Station. ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Nordstrand (strøk). ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Nordstrand (strøk). ↑
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