Çakıl Neighborhood, Çatalca
The Çakıl neighborhood is located in Çatalca district, made up of 1,706 buildings.
Where Is Çakıl?
The Çakıl neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Ahmediye, Bahçelievler, Celaliye.
Who Lives in the Çakıl Neighborhood?
2,765 people live in Çakıl, at a density of 129 people per km². That is 99% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 39; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 4 years older. The average household here has 2.8 people. The average length of schooling is 8 years, 1 years below the city average. 13% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.
Education level of neighborhood residents
The vertical line marks the average (median) of Istanbul's 745 neighborhoods; the value beside it is the neighborhood's difference from that average (percentage points for ratios, relative difference for durations).
Infrastructure and environment
Socioeconomic status
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
What Is the Çakıl Neighborhood Like?
Çakıl is a neighborhood with an education level below the Istanbul average; 13% of adults are university graduates. By household, the share of households receiving social assistance is close to the city average (3.0%). At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (54%). Consumption venues are above the city average, with the public space on the secular side.
Consumption character
Looking at the types of consumption venues in Çakıl, the neighborhood is close to the Istanbul average on the secular/conservative public space scale.
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 54.3% of the vote at Çakıl's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 47.4%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 58% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.
The scale shows political bloc preference; cultural identity is not inferred from the vote. Source and methodology
Civic fabric · associations
3 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (2 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the spor category: 30 points higher than citywide.
The vertical line is that category's citywide share.
Hometown associations
It shows which communities have organized here, not who lives here. Source and methodology
This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology
Transportation in the Çakıl Neighborhood
There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Ömerli," 16.3 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 0% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.
Stops were counted within the neighborhood boundary; rail stations and ferry piers have a 400 meter buffer. Source and methodology
Building Stock
The neighborhood's building construction period and floor distribution. Construction period is the strongest factor determining earthquake risk.
Source: İBB Open Data (2017 Neighborhood-Level Building Counts). Construction after 2017 is not reflected in this count.
Earthquake Risk (İBB Possible Earthquake Scenario)
Projected values for this neighborhood in the expected major Marmara earthquake.
İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)
Soil class
estimated16% of Çakıl's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 21% stronger than on rock.
This neighborhood falls outside the İBB microzonation maps. The shares are not a measurement; they are the estimate of a model built from terrain and nearby measurements. The nearest measurement is 19.6 km away.
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