2991 Postcode — Barendrecht, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2991 covers Barendrecht, 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: 13,445
Households: 5,700
Average property value: €431,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2991 is

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

People

Residents	13,445
Men	6,500
Women	6,940
Under 15	2,155
15 to 25	1,605
25 to 45	2,780
45 to 65	3,640
65 and over	3,260
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,700
Average size	2.3
One-person households	30.2%1,720
Couples without children	1,760
One-parent families	8.6%490
Two-parent families	1,730

Housing

Homes	5,720
Average property value (WOZ)	€431,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,630
Flats and shared buildings	27.2%1,555
Built before 1945	7.3%415
Unoccupied	2.7%155

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,596
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.9%795

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	27.2%
Built before 1945	7.3%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	30.2%
One-parent families	8.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.9%

Age bands

Under 15	16.0342%
15 to 25	11.942%
25 to 45	20.6845%
45 to 65	27.0833%
65 and over	24.256%

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.