Postal Codes

1706 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1706 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
3,955
Households
1,350
Average property value
€501,000
Owner-occupied
80%
Average household size
2.8
Urbanity
Little urban

Where 1706 is

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

People
Residents3,955
Men1,990
Women1,965
Under 151,010
15 to 25415
25 to 451,385
45 to 65810
65 and over335
Born abroad, in Europe0%
Born abroad, outside Europe0%
Households
Households1,350
Average size2.8
One-person households15.6%210
Couples without children355
One-parent families6.7%90
Two-parent families695
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Housing
Homes1,505
Average property value (WOZ)€501,000
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Housing-association homes200
Flats and shared buildings22.9%345
Unoccupied5.6%85
Area
Addresses per square kilometre956
UrbanityLittle urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5.8%230
Against the national median
Residents3,955Average property value€501,000Average household size2.8One-person households15.6%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Flats and shared buildings22.9%
Unoccupied5.6%
Households
One-person households15.6%
One-parent families6.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5.8%
Age bands
Under 1525.5373%
15 to 2510.493%
25 to 4535.019%
45 to 6520.4804%
65 and over8.47029%

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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