2905 Postcode — Capelle aan den IJssel, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2905 covers Capelle aan den IJssel, 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: 6,825
Households: 3,375
Average property value: €306,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2905 is

Capelle aan den IJssel, South Holland — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	6,825
Men	3,210
Women	3,615
Under 15	1,210
15 to 25	685
25 to 45	1,835
45 to 65	1,530
65 and over	1,565
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	3,375
Average size	2
One-person households	43%1,450
Couples without children	805
One-parent families	17.6%595
Two-parent families	525

Housing

Homes	3,335
Average property value (WOZ)	€306,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	1,770
Flats and shared buildings	81.3%2,710
Built before 1945	0.7%25
Unoccupied	1.9%65

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,315
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%595

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	81.3%
Built before 1945	0.7%
Unoccupied	1.9%

Households

One-person households	43%
One-parent families	17.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%

Age bands

Under 15	17.7289%
15 to 25	10.0366%
25 to 45	26.8864%
45 to 65	22.4176%
65 and over	22.9304%

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.