3553 Postcode — Utrecht, Utrecht

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3553 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: 7,025
Households: 4,225
Average property value: €414,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 3553 is

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

People

Residents	7,025
Men	3,365
Women	3,660
Under 15	750
15 to 25	1,065
25 to 45	3,530
45 to 65	1,165
65 and over	520
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,225
Average size	1.7
One-person households	57.4%2,425
Couples without children	1,120
One-parent families	3.3%140
Two-parent families	535

Housing

Homes	3,465
Average property value (WOZ)	€414,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	510
Flats and shared buildings	56.1%1,945
Built before 1945	84.1%2,915
Unoccupied	4.3%150

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,654
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.9%415

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	56.1%
Built before 1945	84.1%
Unoccupied	4.3%

Households

One-person households	57.4%
One-parent families	3.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.9%

Age bands

Under 15	10.6686%
15 to 25	15.1494%
25 to 45	50.2134%
45 to 65	16.5718%
65 and over	7.39687%

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.