1056 Postcode — Amsterdam, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1056 covers Amsterdam, North Holland. Dutch postcodes are four digits and two letters. The four digits identify a delivery area, and it is the level Statistics Netherlands publishes against, so the figures below describe this postcode itself rather than the town around it.

Residents: 20,510
Households: 10,365
Average property value: €473,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1056 is

Amsterdam, North Holland — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	20,510
Men	10,595
Women	9,915
Under 15	2,185
15 to 25	2,400
25 to 45	9,305
45 to 65	4,825
65 and over	1,790
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	10,365
Average size	1.7
One-person households	54.7%5,670
Couples without children	2,785
One-parent families	6.8%700
Two-parent families	1,210

Housing

Homes	10,000
Average property value (WOZ)	€473,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	3,220
Flats and shared buildings	99.8%9,985
Built before 1945	90.2%9,015
Unoccupied	5.5%550

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	10,184
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	17.2%3,520

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	99.8%
Built before 1945	90.2%
Unoccupied	5.5%

Households

One-person households	54.7%
One-parent families	6.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	17.2%

Age bands

Under 15	10.6559%
15 to 25	11.7045%
25 to 45	45.3792%
45 to 65	23.5308%
65 and over	8.72958%

Figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), key figures per postcode, 1 January 2025. CBS withholds figures for areas with too few residents to publish safely, so a missing value here means withheld, not zero.