2242 Postcode — Katwijk, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2242 covers Katwijk, 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: 9,865
Households: 4,255
Average property value: €692,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2242 is

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

People

Residents	9,865
Men	4,905
Women	4,960
Under 15	1,405
15 to 25	1,245
25 to 45	1,895
45 to 65	2,820
65 and over	2,495
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,255
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38.7%1,645
Couples without children	1,205
One-parent families	7.2%305
Two-parent families	1,100

Housing

Homes	4,405
Average property value (WOZ)	€692,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,190
Flats and shared buildings	26.6%1,170
Built before 1945	54.4%2,395
Unoccupied	8.9%390

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,766
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.6%450

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	26.6%
Built before 1945	54.4%
Unoccupied	8.9%

Households

One-person households	38.7%
One-parent families	7.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.6%

Age bands

Under 15	14.2495%
15 to 25	12.6268%
25 to 45	19.2191%
45 to 65	28.6004%
65 and over	25.3043%

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.