8431 Postcode — Oosterwolde, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8431 covers Oosterwolde, 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: 9,875
Households: 4,610
Average property value: €267,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 8431 is

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

People

Residents	9,875
Men	4,920
Women	4,955
Under 15	1,470
15 to 25	1,035
25 to 45	2,160
45 to 65	2,630
65 and over	2,580
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,610
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38.4%1,770
Couples without children	1,430
One-parent families	8.8%405
Two-parent families	1,000

Housing

Homes	4,630
Average property value (WOZ)	€267,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,710
Flats and shared buildings	15%695
Built before 1945	6.3%290
Unoccupied	2.4%110

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	812
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.5%940

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	15%
Built before 1945	6.3%
Unoccupied	2.4%

Households

One-person households	38.4%
One-parent families	8.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.5%

Age bands

Under 15	14.8861%
15 to 25	10.481%
25 to 45	21.8734%
45 to 65	26.6329%
65 and over	26.1266%

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.