2731 Postcode — Benthuizen, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2731 covers Benthuizen, 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: 3,675
Households: 1,445
Average property value: €445,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.5
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 2731 is

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

People

Residents	3,675
Men	1,840
Women	1,830
Under 15	735
15 to 25	430
25 to 45	840
45 to 65	915
65 and over	750
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,445
Average size	2.5
One-person households	26.6%385
Couples without children	450
One-parent families	6.9%100
Two-parent families	510

Housing

Homes	1,515
Average property value (WOZ)	€445,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	290
Flats and shared buildings	14.2%215
Built before 1945	5.9%90
Unoccupied	5%75

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	824
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.2%155

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	14.2%
Built before 1945	5.9%
Unoccupied	5%

Households

One-person households	26.6%
One-parent families	6.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.2%

Age bands

Under 15	20.0272%
15 to 25	11.7166%
25 to 45	22.8883%
45 to 65	24.9319%
65 and over	20.436%

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.