1701 Postcode — Heerhugowaard, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1701 covers Heerhugowaard, 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: 9,180
Households: 3,815
Average property value: €385,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1701 is

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

People

Residents	9,180
Men	4,605
Women	4,575
Under 15	1,395
15 to 25	1,065
25 to 45	2,225
45 to 65	2,190
65 and over	2,305
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,815
Average size	2.2
One-person households	33.9%1,295
Couples without children	1,245
One-parent families	7.3%280
Two-parent families	995

Housing

Homes	3,880
Average property value (WOZ)	€385,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	700
Flats and shared buildings	19.2%745
Built before 1945	2.7%105
Unoccupied	2.7%105

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,574
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7%645

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	19.2%
Built before 1945	2.7%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	33.9%
One-parent families	7.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7%

Age bands

Under 15	15.1961%
15 to 25	11.6013%
25 to 45	24.2375%
45 to 65	23.8562%
65 and over	25.1089%

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.