6281 Postcode — Mechelen, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6281 covers Mechelen, 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: 1,730
Households: 815
Average property value: €358,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 6281 is

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

People

Residents	1,730
Men	875
Women	855
Under 15	185
15 to 25	145
25 to 45	355
45 to 65	500
65 and over	540
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	815
Average size	2.1
One-person households	30.1%245
Couples without children	340
One-parent families	6.1%50
Two-parent families	180

Housing

Homes	865
Average property value (WOZ)	€358,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	135
Flats and shared buildings	17.3%150
Built before 1945	37%320
Unoccupied	9.8%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	199
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.1%105

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	17.3%
Built before 1945	37%
Unoccupied	9.8%

Households

One-person households	30.1%
One-parent families	6.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.1%

Age bands

Under 15	10.7246%
15 to 25	8.4058%
25 to 45	20.5797%
45 to 65	28.9855%
65 and over	31.3043%

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.