3956 Postcode — Leersum, Utrecht

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3956 covers Leersum, 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: 7,915
Households: 3,365
Average property value: €507,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 3956 is

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

People

Residents	7,915
Men	3,995
Women	3,920
Under 15	1,150
15 to 25	870
25 to 45	1,675
45 to 65	2,205
65 and over	2,015
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,365
Average size	2.2
One-person households	34.2%1,150
Couples without children	1,155
One-parent families	6.5%220
Two-parent families	840

Housing

Homes	3,440
Average property value (WOZ)	€507,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	795
Flats and shared buildings	20.2%695
Built before 1945	8.6%295
Unoccupied	6.5%225

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	712
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%410

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	20.2%
Built before 1945	8.6%
Unoccupied	6.5%

Households

One-person households	34.2%
One-parent families	6.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.5294%
15 to 25	10.9918%
25 to 45	21.1623%
45 to 65	27.8585%
65 and over	25.458%

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.