1506 Postcode — Zaandam, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1506 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: 14,310
Households: 7,205
Average property value: €402,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1506 is

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

People

Residents	14,310
Men	7,335
Women	6,970
Under 15	1,880
15 to 25	1,615
25 to 45	4,450
45 to 65	3,765
65 and over	2,605
Born abroad, in Europe	20%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	7,205
Average size	1.9
One-person households	45.3%3,265
Couples without children	1,930
One-parent families	7.9%570
Two-parent families	1,440

Housing

Homes	6,650
Average property value (WOZ)	€402,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,580
Flats and shared buildings	49.6%3,300
Built before 1945	42%2,795
Unoccupied	5.1%340

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,313
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%1,080

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	49.6%
Built before 1945	42%
Unoccupied	5.1%

Households

One-person households	45.3%
One-parent families	7.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%

Age bands

Under 15	13.1331%
15 to 25	11.2819%
25 to 45	31.0863%
45 to 65	26.3011%
65 and over	18.1977%

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.