6417 Postcode — Heerlen, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6417 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: 6,715
Households: 3,835
Average property value: €248,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 6417 is

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

People

Residents	6,715
Men	3,235
Women	3,480
Under 15	805
15 to 25	680
25 to 45	1,855
45 to 65	1,730
65 and over	1,645
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,835
Average size	1.7
One-person households	54%2,070
Couples without children	925
One-parent families	7.8%300
Two-parent families	545

Housing

Homes	3,865
Average property value (WOZ)	€248,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,020
Flats and shared buildings	55%2,125
Built before 1945	15.3%590
Unoccupied	3.6%140

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,937
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.5%635

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	55%
Built before 1945	15.3%
Unoccupied	3.6%

Households

One-person households	54%
One-parent families	7.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.5%

Age bands

Under 15	11.9881%
15 to 25	10.1266%
25 to 45	27.6247%
45 to 65	25.7632%
65 and over	24.4974%

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.