Rumeli Kavağı Neighborhood, Sarıyer
The Rumeli Kavağı neighborhood is located in Sarıyer district, made up of 765 buildings.
Where Is Rumeli Kavağı?
The Rumeli Kavağı neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Akbaba, Anadolu Kavağı, Tokatköy.
Who Lives in the Rumeli Kavağı Neighborhood?
3,560 people live in Rumeli Kavağı, at a density of 777 people per km². That is 96% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 41; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 5 years older. The average household here has 3.1 people. The average length of schooling is 9 years, the same as the city average. 22% 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
What Is the Rumeli Kavağı Neighborhood Like?
Rumeli Kavağı is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 22% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (51%). 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 Kavağı, 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, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 50.9% of the vote at Rumeli Kavağı's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 46.9%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 45% 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
2 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the çevre ve hayvan category (1 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the çevre ve hayvan category: 48 points higher than citywide.
The vertical line is that category's citywide share.
This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology
Transportation in the Rumeli Kavağı Neighborhood
Within Rumeli Kavağı's boundaries, 6 different İETT bus lines pass through 21 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Hacıosman," 6.3 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. There is a "Rumeli Kavağı ŞH." ferry pier here; 3 sea lines depart from here. 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
estimated25% of Rumeli Kavağı'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 10.4 km away.
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