6461 Postcode — Kerkrade, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6461 covers Kerkrade, 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: 8,145
Households: 4,480
Average property value: €218,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 6461 is

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

People

Residents	8,145
Men	4,035
Women	4,110
Under 15	840
15 to 25	705
25 to 45	1,670
45 to 65	2,115
65 and over	2,815
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,480
Average size	1.8
One-person households	49.1%2,200
Couples without children	1,340
One-parent families	6.7%300
Two-parent families	645

Housing

Homes	4,695
Average property value (WOZ)	€218,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,660
Flats and shared buildings	56.8%2,665
Built before 1945	22.8%1,070
Unoccupied	5.2%245

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,451
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.7%955

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	56.8%
Built before 1945	22.8%
Unoccupied	5.2%

Households

One-person households	49.1%
One-parent families	6.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.7%

Age bands

Under 15	10.3131%
15 to 25	8.65562%
25 to 45	20.5034%
45 to 65	25.9669%
65 and over	34.5611%

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.