1704 Postcode — Heerhugowaard, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1704 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: 10,365
Households: 4,190
Average property value: €482,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 1704 is

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

People

Residents	10,365
Men	5,170
Women	5,195
Under 15	1,920
15 to 25	1,250
25 to 45	2,780
45 to 65	2,790
65 and over	1,630
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,190
Average size	2.4
One-person households	30.3%1,270
Couples without children	1,180
One-parent families	6.8%285
Two-parent families	1,455

Housing

Homes	3,820
Average property value (WOZ)	€482,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	520
Flats and shared buildings	13.2%505
Built before 1945	5.8%220
Unoccupied	2.4%90

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	926
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.8%495

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	13.2%
Built before 1945	5.8%
Unoccupied	2.4%

Households

One-person households	30.3%
One-parent families	6.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.8%

Age bands

Under 15	18.5149%
15 to 25	12.054%
25 to 45	26.8081%
45 to 65	26.9045%
65 and over	15.7184%

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.