5642 Postcode — Eindhoven, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5642 covers Eindhoven, 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: 8,785
Households: 4,380
Average property value: €364,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 5642 is

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

People

Residents	8,785
Men	4,600
Women	4,185
Under 15	1,485
15 to 25	1,125
25 to 45	2,985
45 to 65	1,980
65 and over	1,210
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,380
Average size	2
One-person households	47.3%2,070
Couples without children	1,005
One-parent families	7.6%335
Two-parent families	975

Housing

Homes	4,055
Average property value (WOZ)	€364,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,935
Flats and shared buildings	25.9%1,050
Built before 1945	15.4%625
Unoccupied	3.8%155

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,114
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.9%960

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	25.9%
Built before 1945	15.4%
Unoccupied	3.8%

Households

One-person households	47.3%
One-parent families	7.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.9%

Age bands

Under 15	16.9038%
15 to 25	12.8059%
25 to 45	33.9784%
45 to 65	22.5384%
65 and over	13.7735%

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.