9742 Postcode — Groningen, Groningen

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9742 covers Groningen, Groningen. 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: 11,335
Households: 7,220
Average property value: €245,000
Owner-occupied: 20%
Average household size: 1.5
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 9742 is

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

People

Residents	11,335
Men	5,655
Women	5,680
Under 15	1,200
15 to 25	2,595
25 to 45	3,475
45 to 65	1,995
65 and over	2,070
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	7,220
Average size	1.5
One-person households	68.4%4,935
Couples without children	1,220
One-parent families	5.6%405
Two-parent families	665

Housing

Homes	6,095
Average property value (WOZ)	€245,000
Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Housing-association homes	3,335
Flats and shared buildings	72.4%4,410
Unoccupied	3.2%195

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,494
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.1%1,480

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Flats and shared buildings	72.4%
Unoccupied	3.2%

Households

One-person households	68.4%
One-parent families	5.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.1%

Age bands

Under 15	10.5867%
15 to 25	22.8937%
25 to 45	30.6573%
45 to 65	17.6004%
65 and over	18.262%

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.