1503 Postcode — Zaandam, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1503 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: 11,370
Households: 5,010
Average property value: €346,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1503 is

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

People

Residents	11,370
Men	5,440
Women	5,930
Under 15	2,100
15 to 25	1,290
25 to 45	3,000
45 to 65	2,805
65 and over	2,180
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	5,010
Average size	2.3
One-person households	40%2,005
Couples without children	1,060
One-parent families	11.9%595
Two-parent families	1,350

Housing

Homes	4,875
Average property value (WOZ)	€346,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	2,680
Flats and shared buildings	60.3%2,940
Unoccupied	2.7%130

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,687
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.7%1,440

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	60.3%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	40%
One-parent families	11.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.7%

Age bands

Under 15	18.4615%
15 to 25	11.3407%
25 to 45	26.3736%
45 to 65	24.6593%
65 and over	19.1648%

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.