1508 Postcode — Zaandam, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1508 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: 5,380
Households: 2,635
Average property value: €326,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1508 is

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

People

Residents	5,380
Men	2,750
Women	2,630
Under 15	895
15 to 25	630
25 to 45	1,895
45 to 65	1,330
65 and over	630
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	2,635
Average size	2
One-person households	45%1,185
Couples without children	580
One-parent families	11%290
Two-parent families	585

Housing

Homes	2,545
Average property value (WOZ)	€326,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	930
Flats and shared buildings	66.8%1,700
Built before 1945	4.3%110
Unoccupied	5.5%140

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,122
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.4%560

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	66.8%
Built before 1945	4.3%
Unoccupied	5.5%

Households

One-person households	45%
One-parent families	11%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.4%

Age bands

Under 15	16.6357%
15 to 25	11.71%
25 to 45	35.223%
45 to 65	24.7212%
65 and over	11.71%

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.