6049 Postcode — Herten, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6049 covers Herten, 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: 8,400
Households: 3,385
Average property value: €421,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 6049 is

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

People

Residents	8,400
Men	4,160
Women	4,245
Under 15	1,570
15 to 25	870
25 to 45	1,920
45 to 65	2,470
65 and over	1,575
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,385
Average size	2.4
One-person households	25.6%865
Couples without children	1,070
One-parent families	6.9%235
Two-parent families	1,215

Housing

Homes	3,440
Average property value (WOZ)	€421,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	355
Flats and shared buildings	9.2%315
Built before 1945	6.1%210
Unoccupied	2.6%90

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	894
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.1%430

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	9.2%
Built before 1945	6.1%
Unoccupied	2.6%

Households

One-person households	25.6%
One-parent families	6.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.1%

Age bands

Under 15	18.6794%
15 to 25	10.351%
25 to 45	22.8435%
45 to 65	29.3873%
65 and over	18.7388%

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.