5042 Postcode — Tilburg, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5042 covers Tilburg, North Brabant. 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: 12,800
Households: 7,145
Average property value: €261,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 5042 is

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

People

Residents	12,800
Men	6,405
Women	6,395
Under 15	1,640
15 to 25	2,330
25 to 45	3,860
45 to 65	2,825
65 and over	2,145
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	7,145
Average size	1.8
One-person households	57.1%4,080
Couples without children	1,455
One-parent families	9.3%665
Two-parent families	945

Housing

Homes	6,045
Average property value (WOZ)	€261,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	2,700
Flats and shared buildings	54.1%3,270
Built before 1945	1.2%70
Unoccupied	2.8%170

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,224
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.6%1,745

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	54.1%
Built before 1945	1.2%
Unoccupied	2.8%

Households

One-person households	57.1%
One-parent families	9.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.6%

Age bands

Under 15	12.8125%
15 to 25	18.2031%
25 to 45	30.1562%
45 to 65	22.0703%
65 and over	16.7578%

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.