1722 Postcode — Zuid-Scharwoude, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1722 covers Zuid-Scharwoude, 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: 6,875
Households: 2,880
Average property value: €474,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 1722 is

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

People

Residents	6,875
Men	3,415
Women	3,460
Under 15	1,105
15 to 25	785
25 to 45	1,525
45 to 65	1,820
65 and over	1,640
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,880
Average size	2.4
One-person households	27.6%795
Couples without children	985
One-parent families	7.1%205
Two-parent families	890

Housing

Homes	2,930
Average property value (WOZ)	€474,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	505
Flats and shared buildings	16.4%480
Built before 1945	9.2%270
Unoccupied	2.2%65

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,104
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.3%430

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	16.4%
Built before 1945	9.2%
Unoccupied	2.2%

Households

One-person households	27.6%
One-parent families	7.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.3%

Age bands

Under 15	16.0727%
15 to 25	11.4182%
25 to 45	22.1818%
45 to 65	26.4727%
65 and over	23.8545%

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.