5988 Postcode — Helden, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 5988 covers Helden, 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: 6,450
Households: 2,770
Average property value: €393,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 5988 is

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

People

Residents	6,450
Men	3,230
Women	3,220
Under 15	945
15 to 25	725
25 to 45	1,525
45 to 65	1,810
65 and over	1,440
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,770
Average size	2.3
One-person households	29.1%805
Couples without children	965
One-parent families	5.8%160
Two-parent families	840

Housing

Homes	2,725
Average property value (WOZ)	€393,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	465
Flats and shared buildings	10.8%295
Built before 1945	8.8%240
Unoccupied	2.2%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	844
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%335

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	10.8%
Built before 1945	8.8%
Unoccupied	2.2%

Households

One-person households	29.1%
One-parent families	5.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.6625%
15 to 25	11.249%
25 to 45	23.6618%
45 to 65	28.0838%
65 and over	22.3429%

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.