6412 Postcode — Heerlen, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6412 covers Heerlen, 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: 8,920
Households: 4,715
Average property value: €197,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 6412 is

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

People

Residents	8,920
Men	4,650
Women	4,270
Under 15	1,175
15 to 25	935
25 to 45	2,450
45 to 65	2,650
65 and over	1,710
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	4,715
Average size	1.9
One-person households	49.6%2,340
Couples without children	1,130
One-parent families	9%425
Two-parent families	820

Housing

Homes	4,695
Average property value (WOZ)	€197,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,790
Flats and shared buildings	38.4%1,805
Built before 1945	16.8%790
Unoccupied	5.6%265

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,962
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	17%1,515

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	38.4%
Built before 1945	16.8%
Unoccupied	5.6%

Households

One-person households	49.6%
One-parent families	9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	17%

Age bands

Under 15	13.1726%
15 to 25	10.4821%
25 to 45	27.4664%
45 to 65	29.7085%
65 and over	19.1704%

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.