6462 Postcode — Kerkrade, Limburg

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6462 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: 7,080
Households: 3,645
Average property value: €189,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 6462 is

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

People

Residents	7,080
Men	3,630
Women	3,450
Under 15	915
15 to 25	685
25 to 45	1,685
45 to 65	2,080
65 and over	1,710
Born abroad, in Europe	20%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,645
Average size	1.9
One-person households	44.6%1,625
Couples without children	1,040
One-parent families	9.3%340
Two-parent families	640

Housing

Homes	3,865
Average property value (WOZ)	€189,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,210
Flats and shared buildings	38.7%1,495
Built before 1945	26.8%1,035
Unoccupied	6.9%265

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,040
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.3%1,010

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	38.7%
Built before 1945	26.8%
Unoccupied	6.9%

Households

One-person households	44.6%
One-parent families	9.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.3%

Age bands

Under 15	12.9329%
15 to 25	9.68198%
25 to 45	23.8163%
45 to 65	29.3993%
65 and over	24.1696%

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.