3042 Postcode — Rotterdam, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3042 covers Rotterdam, 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: 8,440
Households: 4,015
Average property value: €306,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 3042 is

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

People

Residents	8,440
Men	4,130
Women	4,315
Under 15	1,695
15 to 25	840
25 to 45	2,410
45 to 65	1,885
65 and over	1,610
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	4,015
Average size	2.1
One-person households	47.6%1,910
Couples without children	760
One-parent families	11.7%470
Two-parent families	880

Housing

Homes	4,145
Average property value (WOZ)	€306,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	2,565
Flats and shared buildings	79.9%3,310
Built before 1945	5.2%215
Unoccupied	7%290

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,007
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.7%990

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	79.9%
Built before 1945	5.2%
Unoccupied	7%

Households

One-person households	47.6%
One-parent families	11.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.7%

Age bands

Under 15	20.0829%
15 to 25	9.95261%
25 to 45	28.5545%
45 to 65	22.3341%
65 and over	19.0758%

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.