2553 Postcode — 's-Gravenhage, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2553 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: 13,470
Households: 5,850
Average property value: €521,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2553 is

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

People

Residents	13,470
Men	6,770
Women	6,700
Under 15	2,645
15 to 25	1,315
25 to 45	3,465
45 to 65	3,595
65 and over	2,445
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,850
Average size	2.2
One-person households	38.3%2,240
Couples without children	1,390
One-parent families	7.4%430
Two-parent families	1,795

Housing

Homes	5,865
Average property value (WOZ)	€521,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,475
Flats and shared buildings	47.8%2,805
Built before 1945	9.7%570
Unoccupied	4.5%265

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,138
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.4%1,125

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	47.8%
Built before 1945	9.7%
Unoccupied	4.5%

Households

One-person households	38.3%
One-parent families	7.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.4%

Age bands

Under 15	19.6435%
15 to 25	9.76606%
25 to 45	25.7334%
45 to 65	26.6988%
65 and over	18.1582%

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.