2315 Postcode — Leiden, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2315 covers Leiden, 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: 4,560
Average property value: €348,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2315 is

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

People

Residents	8,580
Men	4,190
Women	4,390
Under 15	1,275
15 to 25	1,030
25 to 45	3,185
45 to 65	1,895
65 and over	1,195
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,560
Average size	1.9
One-person households	49.6%2,260
Couples without children	1,120
One-parent families	8.7%395
Two-parent families	785

Housing

Homes	4,310
Average property value (WOZ)	€348,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	2,455
Flats and shared buildings	55.2%2,380
Built before 1945	49.5%2,135
Unoccupied	3.5%150

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,605
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.8%925

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	55.2%
Built before 1945	49.5%
Unoccupied	3.5%

Households

One-person households	49.6%
One-parent families	8.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.8%

Age bands

Under 15	14.8601%
15 to 25	12.0047%
25 to 45	37.1212%
45 to 65	22.0862%
65 and over	13.9277%

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.