2317 Postcode — Leiden, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2317 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: 10,655
Households: 4,845
Average property value: €399,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2317 is

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

People

Residents	10,655
Men	5,160
Women	5,495
Under 15	1,610
15 to 25	1,445
25 to 45	2,360
45 to 65	2,755
65 and over	2,485
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,845
Average size	2.2
One-person households	38.1%1,845
Couples without children	1,370
One-parent families	8.3%400
Two-parent families	1,230

Housing

Homes	4,760
Average property value (WOZ)	€399,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,585
Flats and shared buildings	47.9%2,280
Unoccupied	2.5%120

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,564
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.1%860

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	47.9%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	38.1%
One-parent families	8.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.1%

Age bands

Under 15	15.1103%
15 to 25	13.5617%
25 to 45	22.1492%
45 to 65	25.8564%
65 and over	23.3224%

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.