3256 Postcode — Achthuizen, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3256 covers Achthuizen, 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: 1,115
Households: 525
Average property value: €336,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 3256 is

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

People

Residents	1,115
Men	575
Women	540
Under 15	125
15 to 25	120
25 to 45	230
45 to 65	375
65 and over	260
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	525
Average size	2.1
One-person households	35.2%185
Couples without children	190
One-parent families	4.8%25
Two-parent families	130

Housing

Homes	530
Average property value (WOZ)	€336,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	170
Flats and shared buildings	7.5%40
Built before 1945	28.3%150
Unoccupied	3.8%20

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	113
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.8%65

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	7.5%
Built before 1945	28.3%
Unoccupied	3.8%

Households

One-person households	35.2%
One-parent families	4.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.8%

Age bands

Under 15	11.2613%
15 to 25	10.8108%
25 to 45	20.7207%
45 to 65	33.7838%
65 and over	23.4234%

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.