Postal Codes

2272 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2272 covers Voorburg, 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
8,495
Households
3,860
Average property value
€503,000
Owner-occupied
60%
Average household size
2.2
Urbanity
Very strongly urban

Where 2272 is

Voorburg, South Holland โ€” the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People
Residents8,495
Men4,045
Women4,450
Under 151,390
15 to 25810
25 to 451,600
45 to 652,380
65 and over2,310
Born abroad, in Europe10%
Born abroad, outside Europe10%
Households
Households3,860
Average size2.2
One-person households38.2%1,475
Couples without children1,055
One-parent families6.7%260
Two-parent families1,070
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Housing
Homes4,005
Average property value (WOZ)€503,000
Owner-occupied60%
Rented40%
Housing-association homes565
Flats and shared buildings45.9%1,840
Built before 19459.4%375
Unoccupied4.1%165
Area
Addresses per square kilometre2,955
UrbanityVery strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support3.6%305
Against the national median
Residents8,495Average property value€503,000Average household size2.2One-person households38.2%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied60%
Rented40%
Flats and shared buildings45.9%
Built before 19459.4%
Unoccupied4.1%
Households
One-person households38.2%
One-parent families6.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support3.6%
Age bands
Under 1516.3722%
15 to 259.54064%
25 to 4518.8457%
45 to 6528.033%
65 and over27.2085%

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.

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