Postal Codes

5856 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5856 covers Wellerlooi, Limburg. 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
1,195
Households
510
Average property value
€386,000
Owner-occupied
80%
Average household size
2.3
Urbanity
Not urban

Where 5856 is

Wellerlooi, Limburg โ€” the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People
Residents1,195
Men610
Women590
Under 15155
15 to 25120
25 to 45265
45 to 65385
65 and over275
Born abroad, in Europe10%
Born abroad, outside Europe0%
Households
Households510
Average size2.3
One-person households26.5%135
Couples without children200
One-parent families4.9%25
Two-parent families150
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Housing
Homes525
Average property value (WOZ)€386,000
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Housing-association homes70
Flats and shared buildings1%5
Built before 194513.3%70
Unoccupied5.7%30
Area
Addresses per square kilometre88
UrbanityNot urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5.4%65
Against the national median
Residents1,195Average property value€386,000Average household size2.3One-person households26.5%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Flats and shared buildings1%
Built before 194513.3%
Unoccupied5.7%
Households
One-person households26.5%
One-parent families4.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5.4%
Age bands
Under 1512.9167%
15 to 2510%
25 to 4522.0833%
45 to 6532.0833%
65 and over22.9167%

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.

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