2281 Postcode — Rijswijk, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2281 covers Rijswijk, 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: 4,735
Households: 2,140
Average property value: €506,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2281 is

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

People

Residents	4,735
Men	2,355
Women	2,380
Under 15	790
15 to 25	525
25 to 45	1,280
45 to 65	1,360
65 and over	780
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,140
Average size	2.2
One-person households	33.6%720
Couples without children	660
One-parent families	6.1%130
Two-parent families	630

Housing

Homes	2,080
Average property value (WOZ)	€506,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	58.7%1,220
Built before 1945	91.8%1,910
Unoccupied	5%105

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,134
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	2.4%115

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	58.7%
Built before 1945	91.8%
Unoccupied	5%

Households

One-person households	33.6%
One-parent families	6.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	2.4%

Age bands

Under 15	16.6843%
15 to 25	11.0876%
25 to 45	27.0327%
45 to 65	28.7223%
65 and over	16.4731%

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.