2406 Postcode — Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2406 covers Alphen aan den Rijn, 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: 9,870
Households: 4,585
Average property value: €411,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2406 is

Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	9,870
Men	4,880
Women	4,995
Under 15	1,535
15 to 25	1,050
25 to 45	2,655
45 to 65	2,625
65 and over	2,010
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,585
Average size	2.1
One-person households	36.4%1,670
Couples without children	1,400
One-parent families	7.4%340
Two-parent families	1,175

Housing

Homes	4,505
Average property value (WOZ)	€411,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	695
Flats and shared buildings	39.1%1,760
Built before 1945	20.9%940
Unoccupied	2.3%105

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,791
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.1%400

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	39.1%
Built before 1945	20.9%
Unoccupied	2.3%

Households

One-person households	36.4%
One-parent families	7.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.1%

Age bands

Under 15	15.5443%
15 to 25	10.6329%
25 to 45	26.8861%
45 to 65	26.5823%
65 and over	20.3544%

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.