1723 Postcode — Noord-Scharwoude, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1723 covers Noord-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: 6,045
Households: 2,775
Average property value: €374,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 1723 is

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

People

Residents	6,045
Men	2,970
Women	3,075
Under 15	920
15 to 25	660
25 to 45	1,510
45 to 65	1,500
65 and over	1,455
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,775
Average size	2.2
One-person households	34.4%955
Couples without children	890
One-parent families	8.5%235
Two-parent families	695

Housing

Homes	2,720
Average property value (WOZ)	€374,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	635
Flats and shared buildings	22.4%610
Built before 1945	15.6%425
Unoccupied	2.2%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,212
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.9%415

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	22.4%
Built before 1945	15.6%
Unoccupied	2.2%

Households

One-person households	34.4%
One-parent families	8.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.9%

Age bands

Under 15	15.2192%
15 to 25	10.9181%
25 to 45	24.9793%
45 to 65	24.8139%
65 and over	24.0695%

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.