6161 Postcode — Geleen, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6161 covers Geleen, 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: 4,255
Households: 2,410
Average property value: €214,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 6161 is

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

People

Residents	4,255
Men	2,170
Women	2,085
Under 15	465
15 to 25	450
25 to 45	1,165
45 to 65	1,110
65 and over	1,065
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,410
Average size	1.7
One-person households	53.1%1,280
Couples without children	620
One-parent families	7.1%170
Two-parent families	345

Housing

Homes	2,505
Average property value (WOZ)	€214,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	855
Flats and shared buildings	52.7%1,320
Built before 1945	26.1%655
Unoccupied	8%200

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,091
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.6%620

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	52.7%
Built before 1945	26.1%
Unoccupied	8%

Households

One-person households	53.1%
One-parent families	7.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.6%

Age bands

Under 15	10.9283%
15 to 25	10.5758%
25 to 45	27.3796%
45 to 65	26.087%
65 and over	25.0294%

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.