2461 Postcode — Ter Aar, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2461 covers Ter Aar, 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: 9,790
Households: 4,120
Average property value: €477,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 2461 is

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

People

Residents	9,790
Men	4,910
Women	4,880
Under 15	1,525
15 to 25	1,015
25 to 45	2,290
45 to 65	2,575
65 and over	2,380
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	4,120
Average size	2.3
One-person households	29%1,195
Couples without children	1,425
One-parent families	4.9%200
Two-parent families	1,300

Housing

Homes	4,100
Average property value (WOZ)	€477,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	855
Flats and shared buildings	16.6%680
Built before 1945	7.4%305
Unoccupied	2.7%110

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	468
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.3%420

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	16.6%
Built before 1945	7.4%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	29%
One-parent families	4.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.3%

Age bands

Under 15	15.5851%
15 to 25	10.373%
25 to 45	23.4032%
45 to 65	26.3158%
65 and over	24.3229%

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.