1501 Postcode — Zaandam, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1501 covers Zaandam, 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: 6,500
Households: 3,155
Average property value: €343,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1501 is

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

People

Residents	6,500
Men	3,240
Women	3,260
Under 15	1,090
15 to 25	695
25 to 45	2,025
45 to 65	1,670
65 and over	1,020
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,155
Average size	2.1
One-person households	43.1%1,360
Couples without children	755
One-parent families	10.5%330
Two-parent families	715

Housing

Homes	3,050
Average property value (WOZ)	€343,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,065
Flats and shared buildings	30%915
Built before 1945	60.5%1,845
Unoccupied	4.6%140

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,829
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.2%600

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	30%
Built before 1945	60.5%
Unoccupied	4.6%

Households

One-person households	43.1%
One-parent families	10.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.2%

Age bands

Under 15	16.7692%
15 to 25	10.6923%
25 to 45	31.1538%
45 to 65	25.6923%
65 and over	15.6923%

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.