2253 Postcode — Voorschoten, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2253 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: 8,580
Households: 3,945
Average property value: €476,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2253 is

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

People

Residents	8,580
Men	4,140
Women	4,440
Under 15	1,525
15 to 25	930
25 to 45	2,105
45 to 65	2,020
65 and over	2,005
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,945
Average size	2.2
One-person households	37.9%1,495
Couples without children	1,090
One-parent families	7%275
Two-parent families	1,080

Housing

Homes	3,890
Average property value (WOZ)	€476,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	740
Flats and shared buildings	37.7%1,465
Built before 1945	8.1%315
Unoccupied	2.4%95

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,278
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.4%380

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	37.7%
Built before 1945	8.1%
Unoccupied	2.4%

Households

One-person households	37.9%
One-parent families	7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.4%

Age bands

Under 15	17.7635%
15 to 25	10.8328%
25 to 45	24.5195%
45 to 65	23.5294%
65 and over	23.3547%

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.