6981 Postcode — Doesburg, Guelders

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 6981 covers Doesburg, Guelders. 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: 4,460
Households: 2,415
Average property value: €312,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 6981 is

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

People

Residents	4,460
Men	2,115
Women	2,345
Under 15	395
15 to 25	370
25 to 45	750
45 to 65	1,360
65 and over	1,585
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,415
Average size	1.8
One-person households	45.5%1,100
Couples without children	795
One-parent families	7.9%190
Two-parent families	325

Housing

Homes	2,510
Average property value (WOZ)	€312,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,020
Flats and shared buildings	33.9%850
Built before 1945	30.5%765
Unoccupied	4%100

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	994
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.3%505

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	33.9%
Built before 1945	30.5%
Unoccupied	4%

Households

One-person households	45.5%
One-parent families	7.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.3%

Age bands

Under 15	8.8565%
15 to 25	8.29596%
25 to 45	16.8161%
45 to 65	30.4933%
65 and over	35.5381%

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.