2809 Postcode — Gouda, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2809 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: 3,710
Households: 1,430
Average property value: €539,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.6
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 2809 is

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

People

Residents	3,710
Men	1,895
Women	1,815
Under 15	1,005
15 to 25	295
25 to 45	1,580
45 to 65	645
65 and over	180
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,430
Average size	2.6
One-person households	24.8%355
Couples without children	410
One-parent families	4.2%60
Two-parent families	605

Housing

Homes	1,295
Average property value (WOZ)	€539,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	150
Flats and shared buildings	20.8%270
Built before 1945	1.9%25
Unoccupied	3.1%40

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	796
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.4%125

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	20.8%
Built before 1945	1.9%
Unoccupied	3.1%

Households

One-person households	24.8%
One-parent families	4.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.4%

Age bands

Under 15	27.1255%
15 to 25	7.96221%
25 to 45	42.6451%
45 to 65	17.4089%
65 and over	4.8583%

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.