Küçükyalı Neighborhood, Maltepe

The Küçükyalı neighborhood is located in Maltepe district, made up of 1,114 buildings.

Where Is Küçükyalı?

The Küçükyalı neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as İçerenköy, Bostancı, Kozyatağı. Within the neighborhood, the price per square meter shows a 2.1x difference between the most and least expensive areas; the median for Istanbul neighborhoods is 2.05x.

AltıntepeAydınevlerÇınarİdealtepeKüçükyalı
Within-neighborhood price gap×2.11

Among apartments of the same size, age, floor and room count, a 2.11x price difference was measured within this neighborhood. The Istanbul median is ×2.05 (the black line marks it). A wide gap means where you live within the neighborhood matters a lot; a narrow one means the neighborhood is homogeneous.

We cannot say where in the neighborhood the difference occurs. Source and methodology

Who Lives in the Küçükyalı Neighborhood?

25K people live in Küçükyalı, at a density of 24K people per km². That is 1.3 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 43; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 8 years older. The average household here has 2.6 people. The average length of schooling is 11 years, 2 years above the city average. 42% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.

Population
25,192
Median age
43.1
Istanbul 35.5
Average household
2.55people
Istanbul 3.17
People / km²
23,766
Istanbul 18,211

Education level of neighborhood residents

Average education11.4 years+22%
Women's education11.2 years+24%
University graduates42%+20 points

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

Average internet speed227 Mbps−27%
Fiber coverage16%−9 points
Green space per person3.22 m²+318%

Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology

Profile of Küçükyalı Neighborhood Residents

Resident satisfaction

Kanalizasyon65%
Elektrik65%
Toplu taşıma61.2%
Sokak aydınlatması60.2%
İnternet59.2%
Gürültü55.3%
Temizlik52.4%
Hava kalitesi51.5%
Su46.6%
Kaldırımlar45.6%
Yeşil alan41.7%

Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Maltepe district overall.

Hometowns

SivasEskişehirAnkaraMalatyaVanBayburt

Asked directly of residents in the İBB household survey: the hometown of those born outside Istanbul who settled here.

Source: İBB Veriye Dayalı Yönetim Modeli hane halkı araştırması (50.391 hane). 103 households from this neighborhood responded.

What Is the Küçükyalı Neighborhood Like?

Küçükyalı is a neighborhood with an education level markedly above the Istanbul average; 42% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead markedly (72%). There are no businesses serving alcohol on the premises in the public space; consumption venues draw a conservative character.

Consumption character

Looking at the types of consumption venues in Küçükyalı, the neighborhood sits at the conservative end of the secular/conservative public space scale.

Conservative consumption character
conservative public spacesecular public space

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 71.7% of the vote at Küçükyalı's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 67.7%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 86% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.

Highest opposition vote
ruling blocopposition bloc

The scale shows political bloc preference; cultural identity is not inferred from the vote. Source and methodology

Civic fabric · associations

13 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (7 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the kültür, sanat, turizm category: 11 points higher than citywide.

Civic vitality (associations per 1,000 people)0.52Istanbul median 0.86
zayıf (higher than 21% of Istanbul neighborhoods)
Meslek ve dayanışma7 · 54%−4 points
Kültür, sanat, turizm2 · 15%+11 points
Çevre ve hayvan1 · 8%+6 points
Hak savunuculuğu1 · 8%+6 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology

Transportation in the Küçükyalı Neighborhood

Within Küçükyalı's boundaries, 16 different İETT bus lines pass through 17 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the M4 and M8 metro lines, Marmaray, with a station inside the neighborhood: Küçükyalı. Bostancı station is also just outside the boundary, within walking distance. 100% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.

Rail lines
3
M4 · M8 · Marmaray
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
16
17 stops
🚇 Küçükyalı · M4, Marmaray🚇 Bostancı · M8 · 223 m

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.

35%
56%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
1,114
Average floors
5.3
10+ floors
0.3%

Source: İBB Open Data (2017 Neighborhood-Level Building Counts). Construction after 2017 is not reflected in this count.

Soil Class

Soil class

91%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

5% of Küçükyalı's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 20% stronger than on rock.

Source: İBB Microzonation, Soil Classification Map (per the Earthquake Code). 84% of the neighborhood is covered by the map; the shares are based on that portion. The map's positional accuracy was measured at 170 meters, so it does not resolve to a single parcel.

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