8401 Postcode — Gorredijk, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8401 covers Gorredijk, Friesland. 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: 7,480
Households: 3,465
Average property value: €292,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 8401 is

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

People

Residents	7,480
Men	3,680
Women	3,805
Under 15	1,125
15 to 25	735
25 to 45	1,695
45 to 65	1,980
65 and over	1,950
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,465
Average size	2.1
One-person households	37.1%1,285
Couples without children	1,100
One-parent families	6.9%240
Two-parent families	840

Housing

Homes	3,600
Average property value (WOZ)	€292,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,145
Flats and shared buildings	18.6%670
Built before 1945	14.4%520
Unoccupied	3.8%135

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	824
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.2%535

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	18.6%
Built before 1945	14.4%
Unoccupied	3.8%

Households

One-person households	37.1%
One-parent families	6.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.2%

Age bands

Under 15	15.0301%
15 to 25	9.81964%
25 to 45	22.6453%
45 to 65	26.4529%
65 and over	26.0521%

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.