8242 Postcode — Lelystad, Flevoland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8242 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: 6,480
Households: 2,900
Average property value: €365,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8242 is

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

People

Residents	6,480
Men	3,230
Women	3,250
Under 15	1,000
15 to 25	655
25 to 45	1,595
45 to 65	1,650
65 and over	1,580
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,900
Average size	2.2
One-person households	30.9%895
Couples without children	985
One-parent families	9.3%270
Two-parent families	750

Housing

Homes	2,895
Average property value (WOZ)	€365,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	360
Flats and shared buildings	14.9%430
Unoccupied	2.9%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,156
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.3%410

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	14.9%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	30.9%
One-parent families	9.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.3%

Age bands

Under 15	15.4321%
15 to 25	10.108%
25 to 45	24.6142%
45 to 65	25.463%
65 and over	24.3827%

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.