5987 Postcode — Egchel, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5987 covers Egchel, 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: 1,505
Households: 635
Average property value: €442,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 5987 is

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

People

Residents	1,505
Men	775
Women	730
Under 15	270
15 to 25	135
25 to 45	425
45 to 65	405
65 and over	270
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	635
Average size	2.4
One-person households	31.5%200
Couples without children	210
One-parent families	4.7%30
Two-parent families	200

Housing

Homes	530
Average property value (WOZ)	€442,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	45
Flats and shared buildings	2.8%15
Built before 1945	10.4%55
Unoccupied	2.8%15

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	338
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%75

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	2.8%
Built before 1945	10.4%
Unoccupied	2.8%

Households

One-person households	31.5%
One-parent families	4.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%

Age bands

Under 15	17.9402%
15 to 25	8.9701%
25 to 45	28.2392%
45 to 65	26.9103%
65 and over	17.9402%

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.