2805 Postcode — Gouda, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2805 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: 11,050
Households: 5,065
Average property value: €369,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 2805 is

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

People

Residents	11,050
Men	5,425
Women	5,625
Under 15	1,775
15 to 25	1,260
25 to 45	3,025
45 to 65	2,755
65 and over	2,235
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,065
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38.5%1,950
Couples without children	1,435
One-parent families	8.3%420
Two-parent families	1,260

Housing

Homes	5,120
Average property value (WOZ)	€369,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,330
Flats and shared buildings	48.1%2,465
Built before 1945	19.1%980
Unoccupied	2.9%150

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,948
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.2%800

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	48.1%
Built before 1945	19.1%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	38.5%
One-parent families	8.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.2%

Age bands

Under 15	16.0633%
15 to 25	11.4027%
25 to 45	27.3756%
45 to 65	24.9321%
65 and over	20.2262%

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.