5551 Postcode — Valkenswaard, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5551 covers Valkenswaard, 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: 9,635
Households: 4,160
Average property value: €430,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 5551 is

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

People

Residents	9,635
Men	4,855
Women	4,775
Under 15	1,555
15 to 25	965
25 to 45	2,320
45 to 65	2,665
65 and over	2,120
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,160
Average size	2.3
One-person households	26.9%1,120
Couples without children	1,505
One-parent families	7.5%310
Two-parent families	1,220

Housing

Homes	4,160
Average property value (WOZ)	€430,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,130
Flats and shared buildings	4.2%175
Built before 1945	2.8%115
Unoccupied	1.7%70

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,068
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.6%535

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	4.2%
Built before 1945	2.8%
Unoccupied	1.7%

Households

One-person households	26.9%
One-parent families	7.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.6%

Age bands

Under 15	16.1558%
15 to 25	10.026%
25 to 45	24.1039%
45 to 65	27.6883%
65 and over	22.026%

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.