Göksu Neighborhood, Beykoz
The Göksu neighborhood is located in Beykoz district, made up of 605 buildings.
Where Is Göksu?
The Göksu neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Anadolu Hisarı, Göztepe, Kavacık.
Who Lives in the Göksu Neighborhood?
2,320 people live in Göksu, at a density of 3,178 people per km². That is 83% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 42; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 7 years older. The average household here has 2.8 people. The average length of schooling is 10 years, 1 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
Socioeconomic status
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
What Is the Göksu Neighborhood Like?
Göksu is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 33% of adults are university graduates. By household, very few households receive social assistance (1.1%). At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (55%). 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 Göksu, 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 55.4% of the vote at Göksu's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 50.8%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 60% 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 meslek ve dayanışma category (1 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the spor category: 47 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 Göksu Neighborhood
Within Göksu's boundaries, 22 different İETT bus lines pass through 20 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Boğaziçi Üniversitesi/Hisarüstü," 2.2 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. There are 2 ferry piers here; 20 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
52% of Göksu's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 30% stronger than on rock.
Source: İBB Microzonation, Soil Classification Map (per the Earthquake Code). 40% 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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