5231 Postcode — 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5231 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: 10,650
Households: 5,150
Average property value: €316,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 5231 is

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

People

Residents	10,650
Men	5,185
Women	5,465
Under 15	1,635
15 to 25	1,440
25 to 45	2,950
45 to 65	2,565
65 and over	2,060
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,150
Average size	2
One-person households	45.6%2,350
Couples without children	1,260
One-parent families	8.8%455
Two-parent families	1,085

Housing

Homes	4,955
Average property value (WOZ)	€316,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	2,695
Flats and shared buildings	35.8%1,775
Built before 1945	3.2%160
Unoccupied	5.1%255

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,933
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.1%1,185

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	35.8%
Built before 1945	3.2%
Unoccupied	5.1%

Households

One-person households	45.6%
One-parent families	8.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.1%

Age bands

Under 15	15.3521%
15 to 25	13.5211%
25 to 45	27.6995%
45 to 65	24.0845%
65 and over	19.3427%

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.