2982 Postcode — Ridderkerk, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2982 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: 6,765
Households: 3,315
Average property value: €288,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2982 is

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

People

Residents	6,765
Men	3,215
Women	3,550
Under 15	1,125
15 to 25	645
25 to 45	1,750
45 to 65	1,465
65 and over	1,780
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,315
Average size	2
One-person households	44.9%1,490
Couples without children	840
One-parent families	10.7%355
Two-parent families	630

Housing

Homes	3,340
Average property value (WOZ)	€288,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,880
Flats and shared buildings	65.9%2,200
Built before 1945	1.2%40
Unoccupied	3.3%110

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,881
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%590

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	65.9%
Built before 1945	1.2%
Unoccupied	3.3%

Households

One-person households	44.9%
One-parent families	10.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%

Age bands

Under 15	16.6297%
15 to 25	9.53437%
25 to 45	25.8684%
45 to 65	21.6556%
65 and over	26.3119%

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.