1781 Postcode — Den Helder, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1781 covers Den Helder, 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: 9,260
Households: 5,020
Average property value: €210,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1781 is

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

People

Residents	9,260
Men	4,795
Women	4,470
Under 15	1,105
15 to 25	1,000
25 to 45	2,485
45 to 65	2,805
65 and over	1,865
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,020
Average size	1.8
One-person households	51.3%2,575
Couples without children	1,200
One-parent families	9%450
Two-parent families	795

Housing

Homes	5,225
Average property value (WOZ)	€210,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,600
Flats and shared buildings	33.8%1,765
Built before 1945	45.6%2,380
Unoccupied	7.4%385

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,357
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%1,120

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	33.8%
Built before 1945	45.6%
Unoccupied	7.4%

Households

One-person households	51.3%
One-parent families	9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%

Age bands

Under 15	11.933%
15 to 25	10.7991%
25 to 45	26.8359%
45 to 65	30.2916%
65 and over	20.1404%

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.