2801 Postcode — Gouda, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2801 covers Gouda, 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: 8,665
Households: 4,870
Average property value: €351,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2801 is

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

People

Residents	8,665
Men	4,350
Women	4,315
Under 15	910
15 to 25	1,015
25 to 45	2,820
45 to 65	2,255
65 and over	1,665
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,870
Average size	1.7
One-person households	54%2,630
Couples without children	1,290
One-parent families	5.1%250
Two-parent families	700

Housing

Homes	4,910
Average property value (WOZ)	€351,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,040
Flats and shared buildings	66.2%3,250
Built before 1945	48.8%2,395
Unoccupied	6.7%330

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,700
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.8%675

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	66.2%
Built before 1945	48.8%
Unoccupied	6.7%

Households

One-person households	54%
One-parent families	5.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.8%

Age bands

Under 15	10.502%
15 to 25	11.7138%
25 to 45	32.5447%
45 to 65	26.0242%
65 and over	19.2152%

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.