6291 Postcode — Vaals, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6291 covers Vaals, 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: 7,740
Households: 4,485
Average property value: €217,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 6291 is

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

People

Residents	7,740
Men	3,965
Women	3,775
Under 15	745
15 to 25	955
25 to 45	1,495
45 to 65	2,190
65 and over	2,350
Born abroad, in Europe	40%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,485
Average size	1.7
One-person households	55.1%2,470
Couples without children	1,215
One-parent families	5.8%260
Two-parent families	540

Housing

Homes	4,710
Average property value (WOZ)	€217,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,350
Flats and shared buildings	56.2%2,645
Built before 1945	17.3%815
Unoccupied	8.7%410

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,288
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%675

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	56.2%
Built before 1945	17.3%
Unoccupied	8.7%

Households

One-person households	55.1%
One-parent families	5.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.7%

Age bands

Under 15	9.63154%
15 to 25	12.3465%
25 to 45	19.3277%
45 to 65	28.3129%
65 and over	30.3814%

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.