2251 Postcode — Voorschoten, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2251 covers Voorschoten, 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: 11,075
Households: 5,075
Average property value: €537,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2251 is

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

People

Residents	11,075
Men	5,400
Women	5,675
Under 15	1,505
15 to 25	1,300
25 to 45	2,120
45 to 65	3,250
65 and over	2,900
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,075
Average size	2.1
One-person households	36.6%1,855
Couples without children	1,535
One-parent families	8%405
Two-parent families	1,285

Housing

Homes	5,190
Average property value (WOZ)	€537,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,430
Flats and shared buildings	41.5%2,155
Built before 1945	7.8%405
Unoccupied	4%210

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,723
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.9%650

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	41.5%
Built before 1945	7.8%
Unoccupied	4%

Households

One-person households	36.6%
One-parent families	8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.9%

Age bands

Under 15	13.5892%
15 to 25	11.7381%
25 to 45	19.1422%
45 to 65	29.3454%
65 and over	26.1851%

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.