Çamlık Neighborhood, Pendik

The Çamlık neighborhood is located in Pendik district, made up of 1,028 buildings.

Where Is Çamlık?

The Çamlık neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Hürriyet, Yakacık Çarşı, Yakacık Yeni.

Ertuğrul GaziKurtköySülüntepeÇamlık

Who Lives in the Çamlık Neighborhood?

21K people live in Çamlık, at a density of 8,277 people per km². That is 55% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 31; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 4 years younger. The average household here has 3.4 people. The average length of schooling is 11 years, 1 years above the city average. 41% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.

Population
20,858
6,063 households
Median age
31
Istanbul 35.5
Average household
3.44people
Istanbul 3.17
People / km²
8,277
Istanbul 18,211

Education level of neighborhood residents

Average education10.8 years+15%
Women's education10.5 years+16%
University graduates41%+19 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 speed327 Mbps+5%
Fiber coverage29%+4 points
Green space per person0.53 m²−31%

Socioeconomic status

Households receiving social assistance0.7%−5 points

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

Profile of Çamlık Neighborhood Residents

Resident satisfaction

Sokak aydınlatması85.5%
Kaldırımlar85.5%
Gürültü83.6%
Su81.8%
Yeşil alan81.8%
Temizlik80%
Kanalizasyon78.2%
Elektrik78.2%
Toplu taşıma78.2%
Hava kalitesi76.4%
İnternet65.5%

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

Hometowns

AnkaraErzurumKayseriGümüşhaneTrabzonÇankırı

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). 56 households from this neighborhood responded.

What Is the Çamlık Neighborhood Like?

Çamlık is a neighborhood with an education level markedly above the Istanbul average; 41% of adults are university graduates. By household, very few households receive social assistance (0.7%). At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (52%). 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 Çamlık, 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, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 51.9% of the vote at Çamlık's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 48%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 43% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.

Near the Istanbul average
ruling blocopposition bloc

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

Civic fabric · associations

6 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the dini hizmet category (4 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the dini hizmet category: 59 points higher than citywide.

Civic vitality (associations per 1,000 people)0.29Istanbul median 0.86
zayıf (higher than 9% of Istanbul neighborhoods)
Dini hizmet4 · 67%+59 points
İnsani yardım1 · 17%+8 points
Sağlık1 · 17%+14 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 Çamlık Neighborhood

Within Çamlık's boundaries, 16 different İETT bus lines pass through 52 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Kurtköy," 2.1 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 3% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.

Rail lines
0
no station
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
16
52 stops

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.

36%
65%
1980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
1,028
3.2 buildings/ha
Average floors
3.6
10+ floors
5.5%
Neighborhood area
325.9ha

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.

Very heavy damage
3buildings
Heavy damage
19buildings
Moderate damage
114buildings
Heavy+ rate
5.8%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
1
Severely injured
0
Temporary shelter
616people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

24%
63%
13%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

13% of Çamlık's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 18% stronger than on rock.

Source: İBB Microzonation, Soil Classification Map (per the Earthquake Code). 98% 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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