1972 Postcode — IJmuiden, North Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 1972 covers IJmuiden, 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: 8,310
Households: 4,120
Average property value: €288,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1972 is

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

People

Residents	8,310
Men	4,135
Women	4,175
Under 15	1,205
15 to 25	805
25 to 45	2,420
45 to 65	2,180
65 and over	1,700
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,120
Average size	2
One-person households	45.3%1,865
Couples without children	1,005
One-parent families	10.6%435
Two-parent families	820

Housing

Homes	4,220
Average property value (WOZ)	€288,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	2,140
Flats and shared buildings	45.7%1,930
Built before 1945	37.6%1,585
Unoccupied	4.7%200

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,009
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.8%900

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	45.7%
Built before 1945	37.6%
Unoccupied	4.7%

Households

One-person households	45.3%
One-parent families	10.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.8%

Age bands

Under 15	14.5006%
15 to 25	9.68712%
25 to 45	29.1215%
45 to 65	26.2335%
65 and over	20.4573%

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.