2987 Postcode — Ridderkerk, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2987 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: 7,815
Households: 3,715
Average property value: €314,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2987 is

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

People

Residents	7,815
Men	3,770
Women	4,045
Under 15	1,205
15 to 25	745
25 to 45	1,750
45 to 65	1,945
65 and over	2,165
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,715
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38.5%1,430
Couples without children	1,135
One-parent families	8.7%325
Two-parent families	830

Housing

Homes	3,735
Average property value (WOZ)	€314,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,680
Flats and shared buildings	53.5%2,000
Built before 1945	9.5%355
Unoccupied	2.7%100

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,975
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%600

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	53.5%
Built before 1945	9.5%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	38.5%
One-parent families	8.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%

Age bands

Under 15	15.4289%
15 to 25	9.53905%
25 to 45	22.4072%
45 to 65	24.904%
65 and over	27.7209%

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.