Postal Codes

1705 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1705 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
16,890
Households
6,720
Average property value
€416,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Average household size
2.5
Urbanity
Strongly urban

Where 1705 is

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

People
Residents16,890
Men8,550
Women8,340
Under 153,140
15 to 252,400
25 to 454,335
45 to 655,095
65 and over1,920
Born abroad, in Europe0%
Born abroad, outside Europe10%
Households
Households6,720
Average size2.5
One-person households28.3%1,900
Couples without children1,660
One-parent families8.6%580
Two-parent families2,580
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Housing
Homes6,730
Average property value (WOZ)€416,000
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Housing-association homes1,245
Flats and shared buildings22.8%1,535
Unoccupied1.6%105
Area
Addresses per square kilometre1,734
UrbanityStrongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support7.7%1,295
Against the national median
Residents16,890Average property value€416,000Average household size2.5One-person households28.3%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Flats and shared buildings22.8%
Unoccupied1.6%
Households
One-person households28.3%
One-parent families8.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support7.7%
Age bands
Under 1518.5909%
15 to 2514.2096%
25 to 4525.6661%
45 to 6530.1658%
65 and over11.3677%

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.

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