2261 Postcode — Leidschendam, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2261 covers Leidschendam, 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: 4,955
Households: 2,380
Average property value: €474,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2261 is

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

People

Residents	4,955
Men	2,385
Women	2,565
Under 15	675
15 to 25	475
25 to 45	795
45 to 65	1,305
65 and over	1,705
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,380
Average size	2.1
One-person households	40.5%965
Couples without children	760
One-parent families	4.4%105
Two-parent families	555

Housing

Homes	2,430
Average property value (WOZ)	€474,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	145
Flats and shared buildings	45.3%1,100
Unoccupied	3.9%95

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,228
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%235

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	45.3%
Unoccupied	3.9%

Households

One-person households	40.5%
One-parent families	4.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%

Age bands

Under 15	13.6226%
15 to 25	9.58628%
25 to 45	16.0444%
45 to 65	26.337%
65 and over	34.4097%

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.