2981 Postcode — Ridderkerk, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2981 covers Ridderkerk, 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: 3,150
Households: 1,445
Average property value: €325,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2981 is

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

People

Residents	3,150
Men	1,520
Women	1,625
Under 15	515
15 to 25	375
25 to 45	850
45 to 65	820
65 and over	580
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,445
Average size	2.1
One-person households	41.5%600
Couples without children	365
One-parent families	9.7%140
Two-parent families	340

Housing

Homes	1,605
Average property value (WOZ)	€325,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	605
Flats and shared buildings	62.9%1,010
Built before 1945	5.3%85
Unoccupied	10.9%175

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,351
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.3%260

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	62.9%
Built before 1945	5.3%
Unoccupied	10.9%

Households

One-person households	41.5%
One-parent families	9.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.3%

Age bands

Under 15	16.4013%
15 to 25	11.9427%
25 to 45	27.0701%
45 to 65	26.1146%
65 and over	18.4713%

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.