1778 Postcode — Westerland, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1778 covers Westerland, 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: 910
Households: 420
Average property value: €390,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 1778 is

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

People

Residents	910
Men	460
Women	450
Under 15	115
15 to 25	80
25 to 45	180
45 to 65	285
65 and over	250
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	420
Average size	2.2
One-person households	31%130
Couples without children	165
One-parent families	4.8%20
Two-parent families	105

Housing

Homes	435
Average property value (WOZ)	€390,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	50
Flats and shared buildings	9.2%40
Built before 1945	40.2%175
Unoccupied	8%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	163
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%50

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	9.2%
Built before 1945	40.2%
Unoccupied	8%

Households

One-person households	31%
One-parent families	4.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%

Age bands

Under 15	12.6374%
15 to 25	8.79121%
25 to 45	19.7802%
45 to 65	31.3187%
65 and over	27.4725%

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.