2974 Postcode — Brandwijk, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2974 covers Brandwijk, 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: 1,395
Households: 530
Average property value: €478,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.6
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 2974 is

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

People

Residents	1,395
Men	715
Women	680
Under 15	270
15 to 25	215
25 to 45	325
45 to 65	370
65 and over	215
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	530
Average size	2.6
One-person households	30.2%160
Couples without children	140
One-parent families	4.7%25
Two-parent families	200

Housing

Homes	520
Average property value (WOZ)	€478,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	115
Flats and shared buildings	5.8%30
Built before 1945	26.9%140
Unoccupied	3.8%20

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	163
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	2.9%40

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	5.8%
Built before 1945	26.9%
Unoccupied	3.8%

Households

One-person households	30.2%
One-parent families	4.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	2.9%

Age bands

Under 15	19.3548%
15 to 25	15.4122%
25 to 45	23.2975%
45 to 65	26.5233%
65 and over	15.4122%

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.