3079 Postcode — Rotterdam, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3079 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: 16,800
Households: 8,030
Average property value: €255,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 3079 is

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

People

Residents	16,800
Men	8,310
Women	8,490
Under 15	3,040
15 to 25	1,955
25 to 45	5,125
45 to 65	3,955
65 and over	2,725
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	8,030
Average size	2.1
One-person households	44.7%3,590
Couples without children	1,615
One-parent families	14.6%1,170
Two-parent families	1,655

Housing

Homes	7,890
Average property value (WOZ)	€255,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	3,610
Flats and shared buildings	67.7%5,345
Built before 1945	5.3%415
Unoccupied	3.5%280

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,775
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%2,035

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	67.7%
Built before 1945	5.3%
Unoccupied	3.5%

Households

One-person households	44.7%
One-parent families	14.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%

Age bands

Under 15	18.0952%
15 to 25	11.6369%
25 to 45	30.506%
45 to 65	23.5417%
65 and over	16.2202%

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.