1689 Postcode — Zwaag, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1689 covers Zwaag, 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: 17,655
Households: 7,485
Average property value: €382,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 1689 is

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

People

Residents	17,655
Men	8,880
Women	8,775
Under 15	3,590
15 to 25	1,990
25 to 45	5,090
45 to 65	4,195
65 and over	2,790
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	7,485
Average size	2.4
One-person households	32.8%2,455
Couples without children	1,845
One-parent families	9.7%725
Two-parent families	2,460

Housing

Homes	7,400
Average property value (WOZ)	€382,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,785
Flats and shared buildings	17.7%1,310
Built before 1945	1.9%140
Unoccupied	1.8%130

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,345
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.4%1,315

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	17.7%
Built before 1945	1.9%
Unoccupied	1.8%

Households

One-person households	32.8%
One-parent families	9.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.4%

Age bands

Under 15	20.3342%
15 to 25	11.2716%
25 to 45	28.8304%
45 to 65	23.761%
65 and over	15.8029%

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.