8042 Postcode — Zwolle, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8042 covers Zwolle, Overijssel. 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: 5,330
Households: 2,195
Average property value: €408,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8042 is

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

People

Residents	5,330
Men	2,645
Women	2,680
Under 15	895
15 to 25	690
25 to 45	1,150
45 to 65	1,455
65 and over	1,145
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,195
Average size	2.4
One-person households	28.9%635
Couples without children	680
One-parent families	6.8%150
Two-parent families	730

Housing

Homes	2,225
Average property value (WOZ)	€408,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	635
Flats and shared buildings	8.5%190
Built before 1945	4.9%110
Unoccupied	1.6%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,047
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%410

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	8.5%
Built before 1945	4.9%
Unoccupied	1.6%

Households

One-person households	28.9%
One-parent families	6.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%

Age bands

Under 15	16.776%
15 to 25	12.9335%
25 to 45	21.5558%
45 to 65	27.2727%
65 and over	21.462%

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.