// West · Comuna 15 · Hidden north-center
Villa Ortúzar
Small, quiet, and increasingly desirable because it touches Belgrano, Chacarita, and Villa Urquiza energy.
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Villa Ortúzar at a glance
Villa Ortúzar is low houses and small buildings on calm streets, with new construction arriving from the Urquiza and Chacarita sides. It covers 1.86 km² in the city's west, Comuna 15, with 22,470 residents at the 2022 census — about 12,100 people per km², less dense than the median barrio (14,700).
People who want north-central access without Palermo's price or Palermo's pace.
Supply is limited and prices are no longer sleepy.
Anchors
The places that define Villa Ortúzar · our read- PlazaPlaza 25 de Agosto
The barrio's one plaza; the center of a place with no center.
- StreetAvenida Triunvirato
The edge with Villa Urquiza, the shops and the B line; the barrio's commerce lives on its border.
- StreetAvenida de los Incas
The avenue with the new buildings; where the construction is, and the price pressure.
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Fit scores
11 marks · 1 low · 10 highhealthcare, clubs and culture
parks and English & expats
Good
median barrio
The overall read is an even weighting of the 11 marks we have for this barrio — a starting point, not a verdict. Of our six lenses it ranks highest under “With kids”. Cost value is not listed: too few listings to price it, so it is left out of fit. The tick is the median of the 48 barrios. Eight marks are computed from public data and four are our read; what goes into each is on how we score.
What it costs
average asking prices · Q2 2026Budget separately for expensas (building fees) and utilities. These used-apartment benchmarks are not furnished short-stay quotes or offers. Figures are averages of what landlords ask — IDECBA (city statistics office), from Argenprop listings; 2nd quarter 2026, provisional — converted at the Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA, Argentina’s central bank) retail seller rate, Q2 2026 average.
Reported robbery & theft
reported crimes · 202520.7 reported robberies and thefts per 1,000 residents — below the city rate of 32.2.
217 robberies (with violence or threat) and 248 thefts were reported in Villa Ortúzar in 2025, against 22,470 residents in private dwellings at the 2022 census. Reporting rates, visitors, population changes since the census and differences between blocks limit the comparison. These counts do not measure all crime or predict personal safety. Source: the city's open crime map — method and sources.
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