Postal Codes

8243 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8243 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
9,630
Households
4,180
Average property value
€336,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Average household size
2.3
Urbanity
Moderately urban

Where 8243 is

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

People
Residents9,630
Men4,885
Women4,745
Under 151,670
15 to 251,210
25 to 452,540
45 to 652,440
65 and over1,770
Born abroad, in Europe10%
Born abroad, outside Europe10%
Households
Households4,180
Average size2.3
One-person households32.1%1,340
Couples without children1,150
One-parent families13.4%560
Two-parent families1,130
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Housing
Homes4,060
Average property value (WOZ)€336,000
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Housing-association homes1,010
Flats and shared buildings9.2%375
Unoccupied2.7%110
Area
Addresses per square kilometre1,361
UrbanityModerately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support9.4%910
Against the national median
Residents9,630Average property value€336,000Average household size2.3One-person households32.1%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Flats and shared buildings9.2%
Unoccupied2.7%
Households
One-person households32.1%
One-parent families13.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support9.4%
Age bands
Under 1517.3416%
15 to 2512.5649%
25 to 4526.3759%
45 to 6525.3375%
65 and over18.3801%

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.

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