1544 Postcode — Zaandijk, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1544 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: 8,700
Households: 3,990
Average property value: €383,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 1544 is

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

People

Residents	8,700
Men	4,285
Women	4,415
Under 15	1,220
15 to 25	930
25 to 45	1,970
45 to 65	2,630
65 and over	1,950
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,990
Average size	2.1
One-person households	36.6%1,460
Couples without children	1,105
One-parent families	10.9%435
Two-parent families	990

Housing

Homes	4,055
Average property value (WOZ)	€383,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,795
Flats and shared buildings	33.2%1,345
Built before 1945	19.7%800
Unoccupied	3.6%145

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,430
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.2%890

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	33.2%
Built before 1945	19.7%
Unoccupied	3.6%

Households

One-person households	36.6%
One-parent families	10.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.023%
15 to 25	10.6897%
25 to 45	22.6437%
45 to 65	30.2299%
65 and over	22.4138%

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.