2542 Postcode — 's-Gravenhage, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2542 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: 10,405
Households: 4,900
Average property value: €253,000
Owner-occupied: 20%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2542 is

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

People

Residents	10,405
Men	5,175
Women	5,230
Under 15	2,055
15 to 25	1,390
25 to 45	3,045
45 to 65	2,465
65 and over	1,445
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	40%

Households

Households	4,900
Average size	2.1
One-person households	49.1%2,405
Couples without children	745
One-parent families	13.8%675
Two-parent families	1,075

Housing

Homes	4,390
Average property value (WOZ)	€253,000
Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Housing-association homes	2,875
Flats and shared buildings	82.2%3,610
Unoccupied	4%175

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,404
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.6%1,420

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Flats and shared buildings	82.2%
Unoccupied	4%

Households

One-person households	49.1%
One-parent families	13.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.6%

Age bands

Under 15	19.7596%
15 to 25	13.3654%
25 to 45	29.2788%
45 to 65	23.7019%
65 and over	13.8942%

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.