2172 Postcode — Sassenheim, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2172 covers Sassenheim, South 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: 5,665
Households: 2,505
Average property value: €435,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2172 is

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

People

Residents	5,665
Men	2,765
Women	2,900
Under 15	930
15 to 25	675
25 to 45	1,370
45 to 65	1,520
65 and over	1,165
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,505
Average size	2.3
One-person households	34.1%855
Couples without children	715
One-parent families	8%200
Two-parent families	735

Housing

Homes	2,520
Average property value (WOZ)	€435,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	845
Flats and shared buildings	25.6%645
Built before 1945	11.1%280
Unoccupied	3%75

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,757
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%310

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	25.6%
Built before 1945	11.1%
Unoccupied	3%

Households

One-person households	34.1%
One-parent families	8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%

Age bands

Under 15	16.4311%
15 to 25	11.9258%
25 to 45	24.2049%
45 to 65	26.8551%
65 and over	20.583%

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.