9601 Postcode — Hoogezand, Groningen

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9601 covers Hoogezand, Groningen. 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: 6,955
Households: 3,800
Average property value: €232,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 9601 is

Hoogezand, Groningen — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	6,955
Men	3,540
Women	3,415
Under 15	875
15 to 25	750
25 to 45	1,820
45 to 65	1,815
65 and over	1,690
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,800
Average size	1.8
One-person households	51.4%1,955
Couples without children	950
One-parent families	8%305
Two-parent families	590

Housing

Homes	3,860
Average property value (WOZ)	€232,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,600
Flats and shared buildings	53.2%2,055
Built before 1945	19.8%765
Unoccupied	4.8%185

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,565
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.2%850

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	53.2%
Built before 1945	19.8%
Unoccupied	4.8%

Households

One-person households	51.4%
One-parent families	8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.2%

Age bands

Under 15	12.5899%
15 to 25	10.7914%
25 to 45	26.1871%
45 to 65	26.1151%
65 and over	24.3165%

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.