1703 Postcode — Heerhugowaard, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1703 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: 12,755
Households: 6,120
Average property value: €334,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1703 is

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

People

Residents	12,755
Men	6,445
Women	6,310
Under 15	1,765
15 to 25	1,315
25 to 45	3,390
45 to 65	3,190
65 and over	3,090
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	6,120
Average size	2.1
One-person households	40.4%2,475
Couples without children	1,770
One-parent families	8.3%505
Two-parent families	1,375

Housing

Homes	6,220
Average property value (WOZ)	€334,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,565
Flats and shared buildings	34.3%2,135
Built before 1945	1.5%95
Unoccupied	2.5%155

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,265
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10%1,275

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	34.3%
Built before 1945	1.5%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	40.4%
One-parent families	8.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10%

Age bands

Under 15	13.8431%
15 to 25	10.3137%
25 to 45	26.5882%
45 to 65	25.0196%
65 and over	24.2353%

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.