2316 Postcode — Leiden, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2316 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: 10,845
Households: 6,055
Average property value: €402,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2316 is

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

People

Residents	10,845
Men	5,220
Women	5,625
Under 15	1,490
15 to 25	1,810
25 to 45	3,915
45 to 65	2,410
65 and over	1,215
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	6,055
Average size	1.8
One-person households	56.7%3,435
Couples without children	1,290
One-parent families	5.6%340
Two-parent families	985

Housing

Homes	5,465
Average property value (WOZ)	€402,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,915
Flats and shared buildings	59.6%3,255
Built before 1945	34.8%1,900
Unoccupied	4.6%250

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,715
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.4%805

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	59.6%
Built before 1945	34.8%
Unoccupied	4.6%

Households

One-person households	56.7%
One-parent families	5.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.4%

Age bands

Under 15	13.7454%
15 to 25	16.6974%
25 to 45	36.1162%
45 to 65	22.2325%
65 and over	11.2085%

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.