1827 Postcode — Alkmaar, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1827 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: 10,300
Households: 4,690
Average property value: €352,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 1827 is

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

People

Residents	10,300
Men	5,100
Women	5,200
Under 15	1,585
15 to 25	1,080
25 to 45	2,510
45 to 65	2,980
65 and over	2,145
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,690
Average size	2.2
One-person households	34.6%1,625
Couples without children	1,360
One-parent families	9.2%430
Two-parent families	1,280

Housing

Homes	4,675
Average property value (WOZ)	€352,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,445
Flats and shared buildings	17.3%810
Unoccupied	1.1%50

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,025
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.9%920

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	17.3%
Unoccupied	1.1%

Households

One-person households	34.6%
One-parent families	9.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.9%

Age bands

Under 15	15.3883%
15 to 25	10.4854%
25 to 45	24.3689%
45 to 65	28.932%
65 and over	20.8252%

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.