2493 Postcode — 's-Gravenhage, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2493 covers 's-Gravenhage, 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: 8,070
Households: 2,770
Average property value: €545,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.9
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 2493 is

's-Gravenhage, South Holland — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	8,070
Men	4,080
Women	3,990
Under 15	1,845
15 to 25	1,270
25 to 45	1,850
45 to 65	2,605
65 and over	500
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	2,770
Average size	2.9
One-person households	18.6%515
Couples without children	520
One-parent families	10.6%295
Two-parent families	1,440

Housing

Homes	2,690
Average property value (WOZ)	€545,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	730
Flats and shared buildings	21.4%575
Built before 1945	0.9%25
Unoccupied	1.3%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,497
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%420

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	21.4%
Built before 1945	0.9%
Unoccupied	1.3%

Households

One-person households	18.6%
One-parent families	10.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%

Age bands

Under 15	22.8625%
15 to 25	15.7373%
25 to 45	22.9244%
45 to 65	32.28%
65 and over	6.19579%

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.