1221 Postcode — Hilversum, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1221 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: 9,460
Households: 4,680
Average property value: €384,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1221 is

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

People

Residents	9,460
Men	4,845
Women	4,620
Under 15	1,700
15 to 25	950
25 to 45	3,315
45 to 65	2,410
65 and over	1,085
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,680
Average size	2
One-person households	45.9%2,150
Couples without children	1,000
One-parent families	8.1%380
Two-parent families	1,150

Housing

Homes	4,380
Average property value (WOZ)	€384,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,265
Flats and shared buildings	36.1%1,580
Built before 1945	65%2,845
Unoccupied	4.1%180

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,019
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%820

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	36.1%
Built before 1945	65%
Unoccupied	4.1%

Households

One-person households	45.9%
One-parent families	8.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%

Age bands

Under 15	17.9704%
15 to 25	10.0423%
25 to 45	35.0423%
45 to 65	25.4757%
65 and over	11.4693%

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.