8231 Postcode — Lelystad, Flevoland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8231 covers Lelystad, Flevoland. 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: 5,430
Households: 2,395
Average property value: €313,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8231 is

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

People

Residents	5,430
Men	2,630
Women	2,800
Under 15	1,105
15 to 25	590
25 to 45	1,465
45 to 65	1,300
65 and over	970
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	2,395
Average size	2.3
One-person households	35.7%855
Couples without children	585
One-parent families	14.8%355
Two-parent families	595

Housing

Homes	2,305
Average property value (WOZ)	€313,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	880
Flats and shared buildings	15.2%350
Unoccupied	1.7%40

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,784
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.4%565

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	15.2%
Unoccupied	1.7%

Households

One-person households	35.7%
One-parent families	14.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.4%

Age bands

Under 15	20.3499%
15 to 25	10.8656%
25 to 45	26.9797%
45 to 65	23.9411%
65 and over	17.8637%

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.