2742 Postcode — Waddinxveen, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2742 covers Waddinxveen, 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: 15,770
Households: 6,090
Average property value: €454,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.6
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2742 is

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

People

Residents	15,770
Men	7,775
Women	7,995
Under 15	3,735
15 to 25	1,470
25 to 45	5,155
45 to 65	3,100
65 and over	2,310
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	6,090
Average size	2.6
One-person households	24.4%1,485
Couples without children	1,790
One-parent families	6.2%380
Two-parent families	2,435

Housing

Homes	6,140
Average property value (WOZ)	€454,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,530
Flats and shared buildings	28.7%1,765
Built before 1945	3.9%240
Unoccupied	2.9%180

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,570
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.6%730

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	28.7%
Built before 1945	3.9%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	24.4%
One-parent families	6.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.6%

Age bands

Under 15	23.6842%
15 to 25	9.3215%
25 to 45	32.6886%
45 to 65	19.6576%
65 and over	14.6481%

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.