2408 Postcode — Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2408 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: 17,705
Households: 7,145
Average property value: €471,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.5
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2408 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	17,705
Men	8,815
Women	8,890
Under 15	3,025
15 to 25	2,215
25 to 45	4,125
45 to 65	5,335
65 and over	3,000
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	7,145
Average size	2.5
One-person households	26.4%1,885
Couples without children	2,150
One-parent families	6.8%485
Two-parent families	2,625

Housing

Homes	7,125
Average property value (WOZ)	€471,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,170
Flats and shared buildings	34.5%2,460
Unoccupied	1.2%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,126
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.2%735

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	34.5%
Unoccupied	1.2%

Households

One-person households	26.4%
One-parent families	6.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.2%

Age bands

Under 15	17.0904%
15 to 25	12.5141%
25 to 45	23.3051%
45 to 65	30.1412%
65 and over	16.9492%

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.