1541 Postcode — Zaandijk, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1541 covers Zaandijk, 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: 11,345
Households: 5,260
Average property value: €389,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1541 is

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

People

Residents	11,345
Men	5,585
Women	5,755
Under 15	1,570
15 to 25	1,295
25 to 45	2,740
45 to 65	2,910
65 and over	2,835
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,260
Average size	2.1
One-person households	35.5%1,865
Couples without children	1,600
One-parent families	8.9%470
Two-parent families	1,330

Housing

Homes	5,215
Average property value (WOZ)	€389,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,550
Flats and shared buildings	23.1%1,205
Built before 1945	30.5%1,590
Unoccupied	2.9%150

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,091
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%850

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	23.1%
Built before 1945	30.5%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	35.5%
One-parent families	8.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%

Age bands

Under 15	13.8326%
15 to 25	11.4097%
25 to 45	24.141%
45 to 65	25.6388%
65 and over	24.978%

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.