5581 Postcode — Waalre, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5581 covers Waalre, 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: 7,190
Households: 3,055
Average property value: €531,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 5581 is

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

People

Residents	7,190
Men	3,595
Women	3,590
Under 15	1,260
15 to 25	660
25 to 45	1,565
45 to 65	1,995
65 and over	1,710
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,055
Average size	2.3
One-person households	28.8%880
Couples without children	1,030
One-parent families	6.9%210
Two-parent families	935

Housing

Homes	3,175
Average property value (WOZ)	€531,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	445
Flats and shared buildings	14.3%455
Built before 1945	7.2%230
Unoccupied	3.6%115

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	799
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%340

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	14.3%
Built before 1945	7.2%
Unoccupied	3.6%

Households

One-person households	28.8%
One-parent families	6.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%

Age bands

Under 15	17.5243%
15 to 25	9.17942%
25 to 45	21.7663%
45 to 65	27.7469%
65 and over	23.783%

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.