3994 Postcode — Houten, Utrecht

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 3994 covers Houten, 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: 14,495
Households: 5,885
Average property value: €547,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 3994 is

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

People

Residents	14,495
Men	7,130
Women	7,365
Under 15	2,495
15 to 25	1,940
25 to 45	3,345
45 to 65	4,295
65 and over	2,420
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,885
Average size	2.4
One-person households	27.7%1,630
Couples without children	1,735
One-parent families	7.1%420
Two-parent families	2,100

Housing

Homes	5,995
Average property value (WOZ)	€547,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,110
Flats and shared buildings	24.9%1,490
Built before 1945	0.8%50
Unoccupied	2.3%140

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,666
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.9%710

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	24.9%
Built before 1945	0.8%
Unoccupied	2.3%

Households

One-person households	27.7%
One-parent families	7.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.9%

Age bands

Under 15	17.2128%
15 to 25	13.3839%
25 to 45	23.0769%
45 to 65	29.6309%
65 and over	16.6954%

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.