1696 Postcode — Oosterblokker, North Holland

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4-digit postcode 1696 covers Oosterblokker, 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: 1,560
Households: 640
Average property value: €485,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 1696 is

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

People

Residents	1,560
Men	810
Women	755
Under 15	265
15 to 25	165
25 to 45	370
45 to 65	450
65 and over	315
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	640
Average size	2.4
One-person households	25%160
Couples without children	215
One-parent families	7.8%50
Two-parent families	215

Housing

Homes	630
Average property value (WOZ)	€485,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	85
Flats and shared buildings	4%25
Built before 1945	23.8%150
Unoccupied	1.6%10

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	347
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.4%85

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	4%
Built before 1945	23.8%
Unoccupied	1.6%

Households

One-person households	25%
One-parent families	7.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.4%

Age bands

Under 15	16.9329%
15 to 25	10.5431%
25 to 45	23.6422%
45 to 65	28.754%
65 and over	20.1278%

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.