6447 Postcode — Merkelbeek, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6447 covers Merkelbeek, 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: 1,625
Households: 700
Average property value: €327,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 6447 is

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

People

Residents	1,625
Men	815
Women	810
Under 15	245
15 to 25	145
25 to 45	360
45 to 65	470
65 and over	400
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	700
Average size	2.3
One-person households	27.1%190
Couples without children	250
One-parent families	5.7%40
Two-parent families	225

Housing

Homes	720
Average property value (WOZ)	€327,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	85
Flats and shared buildings	2.1%15
Built before 1945	22.9%165
Unoccupied	4.9%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	281
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.4%120

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	2.1%
Built before 1945	22.9%
Unoccupied	4.9%

Households

One-person households	27.1%
One-parent families	5.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.4%

Age bands

Under 15	15.1235%
15 to 25	8.95062%
25 to 45	22.2222%
45 to 65	29.0123%
65 and over	24.6914%

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.