Rumeli Hisarı Neighborhood, Sarıyer
The Rumeli Hisarı neighborhood is located in Sarıyer district, made up of 1,350 buildings.
Where Is Rumeli Hisarı?
The Rumeli Hisarı neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Bebek, Etiler, Kültür.
Who Lives in the Rumeli Hisarı Neighborhood?
9,244 people live in Rumeli Hisarı, at a density of 9,834 people per km². That is 46% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 38; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 2 years older. The average household here has 2.8 people. The average length of schooling is 11 years, 2 years above the city average. 33% 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
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
Profile of Rumeli Hisarı Neighborhood Residents
Resident satisfaction
Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Sarıyer district overall.
Hometowns
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). 35 households from this neighborhood responded.
What Is the Rumeli Hisarı Neighborhood Like?
Rumeli Hisarı is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 33% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead markedly (80%). The density of cafes, bars and similar venues ranks among the highest in the city; the public space is markedly secular.
Consumption character
Looking at the types of consumption venues in Rumeli Hisarı, the neighborhood is far above 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 79.9% of the vote at Rumeli Hisarı's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 62%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 93% 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
8 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (5 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the çevre ve hayvan category: 11 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 Rumeli Hisarı Neighborhood
Within Rumeli Hisarı's boundaries, 12 different İETT bus lines pass through 15 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the M6 metro line, with a station inside the neighborhood: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi. There is a "Aşiyan ŞH" ferry pier here; 1 sea lines depart from here. 100% 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
estimated12% of Rumeli Hisarı'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 1.6 km away.
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