5685 Postcode — Best, North Brabant

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5685 covers Best, 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: 6,895
Households: 2,720
Average property value: €538,000
Owner-occupied: 90%
Average household size: 2.5
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 5685 is

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

People

Residents	6,895
Men	3,460
Women	3,435
Under 15	950
15 to 25	1,000
25 to 45	1,315
45 to 65	2,485
65 and over	1,150
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,720
Average size	2.5
One-person households	21.3%580
Couples without children	910
One-parent families	5.3%145
Two-parent families	1,090

Housing

Homes	2,700
Average property value (WOZ)	€538,000
Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Housing-association homes	240
Flats and shared buildings	15.6%420
Unoccupied	0.7%20

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,115
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.8%260

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	15.6%
Unoccupied	0.7%

Households

One-person households	21.3%
One-parent families	5.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.8%

Age bands

Under 15	13.7681%
15 to 25	14.4928%
25 to 45	19.058%
45 to 65	36.0145%
65 and over	16.6667%

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.