9697 Postcode — Blijham, Groningen

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9697 covers Blijham, 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: 2,580
Households: 1,180
Average property value: €287,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 9697 is

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

People

Residents	2,580
Men	1,300
Women	1,280
Under 15	285
15 to 25	215
25 to 45	430
45 to 65	735
65 and over	915
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,180
Average size	2.1
One-person households	32.2%380
Couples without children	475
One-parent families	5.1%60
Two-parent families	265

Housing

Homes	1,240
Average property value (WOZ)	€287,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	265
Flats and shared buildings	11.3%140
Built before 1945	23%285
Unoccupied	4.4%55

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	275
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.8%200

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	11.3%
Built before 1945	23%
Unoccupied	4.4%

Households

One-person households	32.2%
One-parent families	5.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.8%

Age bands

Under 15	11.0465%
15 to 25	8.33333%
25 to 45	16.6667%
45 to 65	28.4884%
65 and over	35.4651%

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.