5223 Postcode — 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5223 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: 13,805
Households: 7,630
Average property value: €350,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 5223 is

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

People

Residents	13,805
Men	6,950
Women	6,850
Under 15	1,605
15 to 25	1,645
25 to 45	5,145
45 to 65	3,015
65 and over	2,390
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	7,630
Average size	1.8
One-person households	51%3,890
Couples without children	2,225
One-parent families	6.4%485
Two-parent families	1,030

Housing

Homes	7,505
Average property value (WOZ)	€350,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	3,115
Flats and shared buildings	69.7%5,230
Built before 1945	3.5%265
Unoccupied	3.3%245

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,493
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.4%1,295

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	69.7%
Built before 1945	3.5%
Unoccupied	3.3%

Households

One-person households	51%
One-parent families	6.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.4%

Age bands

Under 15	11.6304%
15 to 25	11.9203%
25 to 45	37.2826%
45 to 65	21.8478%
65 and over	17.3188%

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.