1822 Postcode — Alkmaar, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1822 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: 6,535
Households: 2,460
Average property value: €535,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.7
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1822 is

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

People

Residents	6,535
Men	3,320
Women	3,215
Under 15	1,465
15 to 25	845
25 to 45	1,685
45 to 65	1,845
65 and over	695
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,460
Average size	2.7
One-person households	24.2%595
Couples without children	560
One-parent families	8.9%220
Two-parent families	1,090

Housing

Homes	2,395
Average property value (WOZ)	€535,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	525
Flats and shared buildings	17.7%425
Built before 1945	1.9%45
Unoccupied	1.5%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,581
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%375

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	17.7%
Built before 1945	1.9%
Unoccupied	1.5%

Households

One-person households	24.2%
One-parent families	8.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%

Age bands

Under 15	22.4178%
15 to 25	12.9304%
25 to 45	25.7842%
45 to 65	28.2326%
65 and over	10.635%

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.