5221 Postcode — 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5221 covers 's-Hertogenbosch, 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: 5,775
Households: 2,380
Average property value: €527,000
Owner-occupied: 90%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 5221 is

's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	5,775
Men	2,900
Women	2,875
Under 15	805
15 to 25	720
25 to 45	1,125
45 to 65	1,960
65 and over	1,175
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,380
Average size	2.4
One-person households	22.9%545
Couples without children	935
One-parent families	5%120
Two-parent families	780

Housing

Homes	2,390
Average property value (WOZ)	€527,000
Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Housing-association homes	100
Flats and shared buildings	18.6%445
Built before 1945	4.2%100
Unoccupied	2.5%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	400
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.9%225

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	18.6%
Built before 1945	4.2%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	22.9%
One-parent families	5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.9%

Age bands

Under 15	13.9153%
15 to 25	12.446%
25 to 45	19.4468%
45 to 65	33.8807%
65 and over	20.3111%

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.