1826 Postcode — Alkmaar, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1826 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: 6,475
Households: 3,105
Average property value: €339,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1826 is

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

People

Residents	6,475
Men	3,185
Women	3,290
Under 15	985
15 to 25	755
25 to 45	1,655
45 to 65	1,565
65 and over	1,515
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,105
Average size	2.1
One-person households	39.1%1,215
Couples without children	885
One-parent families	10.1%315
Two-parent families	690

Housing

Homes	3,050
Average property value (WOZ)	€339,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	740
Flats and shared buildings	21.3%650
Unoccupied	1.8%55

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,555
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.3%600

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	21.3%
Unoccupied	1.8%

Households

One-person households	39.1%
One-parent families	10.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.3%

Age bands

Under 15	15.2124%
15 to 25	11.6602%
25 to 45	25.5598%
45 to 65	24.1699%
65 and over	23.3977%

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.