1505 Postcode — Zaandam, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1505 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: 7,155
Households: 3,110
Average property value: €337,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1505 is

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

People

Residents	7,155
Men	3,705
Women	3,450
Under 15	1,380
15 to 25	875
25 to 45	2,205
45 to 65	1,825
65 and over	870
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	3,110
Average size	2.2
One-person households	40.8%1,270
Couples without children	630
One-parent families	14.1%440
Two-parent families	775

Housing

Homes	2,815
Average property value (WOZ)	€337,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,545
Flats and shared buildings	49.2%1,385
Built before 1945	17.2%485
Unoccupied	2.5%70

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,157
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.6%830

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	49.2%
Built before 1945	17.2%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	40.8%
One-parent families	14.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.6%

Age bands

Under 15	19.2872%
15 to 25	12.2292%
25 to 45	30.8176%
45 to 65	25.5066%
65 and over	12.1593%

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.