1447 Postcode — Purmerend, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1447 covers Purmerend, 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: 12,290
Households: 5,305
Average property value: €433,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1447 is

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

People

Residents	12,290
Men	6,000
Women	6,290
Under 15	1,755
15 to 25	1,205
25 to 45	2,680
45 to 65	3,835
65 and over	2,815
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,305
Average size	2.3
One-person households	27.9%1,480
Couples without children	1,760
One-parent families	8.3%440
Two-parent families	1,625

Housing

Homes	5,245
Average property value (WOZ)	€433,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,200
Flats and shared buildings	14.8%775
Built before 1945	0.4%20
Unoccupied	1.3%70

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,913
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7%855

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	14.8%
Built before 1945	0.4%
Unoccupied	1.3%

Households

One-person households	27.9%
One-parent families	8.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7%

Age bands

Under 15	14.2799%
15 to 25	9.80472%
25 to 45	21.8063%
45 to 65	31.2042%
65 and over	22.9048%

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.