5944 Postcode — Arcen, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5944 covers Arcen, 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: 2,905
Households: 1,330
Average property value: €374,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 5944 is

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

People

Residents	2,905
Men	1,445
Women	1,460
Under 15	315
15 to 25	260
25 to 45	545
45 to 65	890
65 and over	900
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,330
Average size	2.2
One-person households	28.9%385
Couples without children	570
One-parent families	4.5%60
Two-parent families	310

Housing

Homes	1,370
Average property value (WOZ)	€374,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	160
Flats and shared buildings	7.7%105
Built before 1945	15.3%210
Unoccupied	6.2%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	246
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%165

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	7.7%
Built before 1945	15.3%
Unoccupied	6.2%

Households

One-person households	28.9%
One-parent families	4.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%

Age bands

Under 15	10.8247%
15 to 25	8.93471%
25 to 45	18.7285%
45 to 65	30.5842%
65 and over	30.9278%

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.