The Oud-West district of Amsterdam roughly covers the area between the Overtoom, a major thoroughfare to the West of the centre, and the parallel De Clercqstraat, a shopping street. The major shopping street Kinkerstraat runs through the district.
As of 2003 there were 31.741 inhabitants in the district. The area of Oud-West is approximately 1.70 km². As of 2007, 177 nationalities are represented in the district.
On 1 May 2010, the district of Oud-West merged with the districts of Bos en Lommer, De Baarsjes and Westerpark to form the district of Stadsdeel West.