1251 Postcode — Laren, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1251 covers Laren, 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: 11,110
Households: 5,030
Average property value: €924,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 1251 is

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

People

Residents	11,110
Men	5,245
Women	5,865
Under 15	1,665
15 to 25	960
25 to 45	1,685
45 to 65	3,115
65 and over	3,685
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,030
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38.1%1,915
Couples without children	1,545
One-parent families	7.2%360
Two-parent families	1,210

Housing

Homes	5,360
Average property value (WOZ)	€924,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	885
Flats and shared buildings	18.9%1,015
Built before 1945	38%2,035
Unoccupied	7.7%415

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,124
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.5%500

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	18.9%
Built before 1945	38%
Unoccupied	7.7%

Households

One-person households	38.1%
One-parent families	7.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.5%

Age bands

Under 15	14.9865%
15 to 25	8.64086%
25 to 45	15.1665%
45 to 65	28.0378%
65 and over	33.1683%

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.