Postal Codes

1721 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1721 covers Broek op Langedijk, 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
6,135
Households
2,505
Average property value
€483,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Average household size
2.4
Urbanity
Little urban

Where 1721 is

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

People
Residents6,135
Men3,060
Women3,075
Under 151,020
15 to 25760
25 to 451,320
45 to 651,705
65 and over1,335
Born abroad, in Europe0%
Born abroad, outside Europe0%
Households
Households2,505
Average size2.4
One-person households26.3%660
Couples without children820
One-parent families7%175
Two-parent families850
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Housing
Homes2,565
Average property value (WOZ)€483,000
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Housing-association homes470
Flats and shared buildings18.5%475
Built before 194516.8%430
Unoccupied2.3%60
Area
Addresses per square kilometre886
UrbanityLittle urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5%305
Against the national median
Residents6,135Average property value€483,000Average household size2.4One-person households26.3%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Flats and shared buildings18.5%
Built before 194516.8%
Unoccupied2.3%
Households
One-person households26.3%
One-parent families7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5%
Age bands
Under 1516.6124%
15 to 2512.3779%
25 to 4521.4984%
45 to 6527.7687%
65 and over21.7427%

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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