1973 Postcode — IJmuiden, North Holland

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4-digit postcode 1973 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: 5,970
Households: 2,850
Average property value: €294,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 1973 is

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

People

Residents	5,970
Men	2,955
Women	3,015
Under 15	935
15 to 25	550
25 to 45	1,790
45 to 65	1,480
65 and over	1,215
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,850
Average size	2.1
One-person households	42.3%1,205
Couples without children	725
One-parent families	8.9%255
Two-parent families	665

Housing

Homes	2,955
Average property value (WOZ)	€294,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,475
Flats and shared buildings	56.7%1,675
Built before 1945	13%385
Unoccupied	2.9%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,956
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.9%530

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	56.7%
Built before 1945	13%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	42.3%
One-parent families	8.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.9%

Age bands

Under 15	15.6616%
15 to 25	9.21273%
25 to 45	29.9832%
45 to 65	24.7906%
65 and over	20.3518%

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.