2993 Postcode — Barendrecht, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2993 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: 13,975
Households: 5,700
Average property value: €467,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2993 is

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

People

Residents	13,975
Men	6,880
Women	7,100
Under 15	2,080
15 to 25	1,890
25 to 45	2,670
45 to 65	4,460
65 and over	2,870
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,700
Average size	2.4
One-person households	27%1,540
Couples without children	1,725
One-parent families	9.3%530
Two-parent families	1,905

Housing

Homes	5,645
Average property value (WOZ)	€467,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	900
Flats and shared buildings	33.2%1,875
Built before 1945	1.7%95
Unoccupied	2.1%120

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,718
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%720

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	33.2%
Built before 1945	1.7%
Unoccupied	2.1%

Households

One-person households	27%
One-parent families	9.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.889%
15 to 25	13.529%
25 to 45	19.1124%
45 to 65	31.9256%
65 and over	20.544%

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.