1217 Postcode — Hilversum, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1217 covers Hilversum, 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: 7,760
Households: 3,620
Average property value: €849,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1217 is

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

People

Residents	7,760
Men	3,790
Women	3,970
Under 15	1,110
15 to 25	875
25 to 45	1,325
45 to 65	2,315
65 and over	2,135
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,620
Average size	2.1
One-person households	41.3%1,495
Couples without children	1,060
One-parent families	4.1%150
Two-parent families	920

Housing

Homes	3,715
Average property value (WOZ)	€849,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	390
Flats and shared buildings	46%1,710
Built before 1945	45.1%1,675
Unoccupied	7.7%285

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,171
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.6%355

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	46%
Built before 1945	45.1%
Unoccupied	7.7%

Households

One-person households	41.3%
One-parent families	4.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.6%

Age bands

Under 15	14.3041%
15 to 25	11.2758%
25 to 45	17.0747%
45 to 65	29.8325%
65 and over	27.5129%

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.