Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Røa?
District/municipality: Vestre Aker · 8 analysis cells · 13,301 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Eiksmarka, Voksen
In short
Røa suits you best if you prioritize perceived safety 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 97,608/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 15,607/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Ytre by vest, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 26.1 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.
- 74/100 · 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
- about 1
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 59/100 · Mixed
- Everyday amenities
- 600 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 65/100 · Good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Meny Røa · 102 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Røa · 113 m away
- Fitness: EVO Røa · 104 m away
- Kindergarten: Montessoribarnehagen Solsikken Solkroken · 37 m away
- Restaurant/café: Kaffebrenneriet · 45 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 2.7 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 80/100 · Very good
- The fjord
- 4.3 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 16/100 · Very weak
- Road and rail noise
- Quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 84/100 · 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 5
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Very few
- Newer homes
- 9%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Few
How Røa came to be
Røa was a farming district with mills and sawmills in the 1800s. From the early 1900s, it was divided into plots, and building picked up speed in the 1920s.1
The Røa line reached Røa in 1935, and the line was converted to metro standard in 1995.2 The housing is mainly detached houses. After the war some terraced houses and apartment blocks were added.3
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Røa, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Røa (strøk). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Røabanen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Røa stasjon. ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Røa, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Røa (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