6542 Postcode — Nijmegen, Guelders

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6542 covers Nijmegen, Guelders. 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: 7,335
Households: 4,065
Average property value: €379,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 6542 is

Nijmegen, Guelders — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	7,335
Men	3,455
Women	3,880
Under 15	975
15 to 25	1,245
25 to 45	2,280
45 to 65	1,675
65 and over	1,165
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,065
Average size	1.8
One-person households	55.4%2,250
Couples without children	880
One-parent families	8.1%330
Two-parent families	605

Housing

Homes	3,430
Average property value (WOZ)	€379,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,425
Flats and shared buildings	37.2%1,275
Built before 1945	30.3%1,040
Unoccupied	4.7%160

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,545
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.5%840

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	37.2%
Built before 1945	30.3%
Unoccupied	4.7%

Households

One-person households	55.4%
One-parent families	8.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.5%

Age bands

Under 15	13.2834%
15 to 25	16.9619%
25 to 45	31.0627%
45 to 65	22.8202%
65 and over	15.8719%

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.