1816 Postcode — Alkmaar, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1816 covers Alkmaar, 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: 8,520
Households: 4,670
Average property value: €321,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1816 is

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

People

Residents	8,520
Men	4,210
Women	4,310
Under 15	1,115
15 to 25	950
25 to 45	2,405
45 to 65	2,195
65 and over	1,855
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,670
Average size	1.8
One-person households	52.9%2,470
Couples without children	1,070
One-parent families	7.7%360
Two-parent families	770

Housing

Homes	4,840
Average property value (WOZ)	€321,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,405
Flats and shared buildings	62.7%3,035
Built before 1945	6.1%295
Unoccupied	5.7%275

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,226
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.2%865

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	62.7%
Built before 1945	6.1%
Unoccupied	5.7%

Households

One-person households	52.9%
One-parent families	7.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.2%

Age bands

Under 15	13.0869%
15 to 25	11.1502%
25 to 45	28.2277%
45 to 65	25.7629%
65 and over	21.7723%

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.