3543 Postcode — Utrecht, Utrecht

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3543 covers Utrecht, Utrecht. 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: 11,685
Households: 4,855
Average property value: €562,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 3543 is

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

People

Residents	11,685
Men	5,850
Women	5,830
Under 15	2,280
15 to 25	1,455
25 to 45	4,240
45 to 65	2,790
65 and over	915
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,855
Average size	2.4
One-person households	33.5%1,625
Couples without children	1,165
One-parent families	7%340
Two-parent families	1,720

Housing

Homes	4,800
Average property value (WOZ)	€562,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	960
Flats and shared buildings	53.9%2,585
Built before 1945	0.1%5
Unoccupied	6.1%295

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,951
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6%700

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	53.9%
Built before 1945	0.1%
Unoccupied	6.1%

Households

One-person households	33.5%
One-parent families	7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6%

Age bands

Under 15	19.5205%
15 to 25	12.4572%
25 to 45	36.3014%
45 to 65	23.887%
65 and over	7.8339%

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.