8441 Postcode — Heerenveen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8441 covers Heerenveen, 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: 4,830
Households: 2,535
Average property value: €288,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8441 is

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

People

Residents	4,830
Men	2,400
Women	2,430
Under 15	570
15 to 25	545
25 to 45	1,250
45 to 65	1,260
65 and over	1,210
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,535
Average size	1.8
One-person households	48.7%1,235
Couples without children	680
One-parent families	6.7%170
Two-parent families	450

Housing

Homes	2,440
Average property value (WOZ)	€288,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	640
Flats and shared buildings	42.8%1,045
Built before 1945	28.5%695
Unoccupied	4.7%115

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,705
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%360

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	42.8%
Built before 1945	28.5%
Unoccupied	4.7%

Households

One-person households	48.7%
One-parent families	6.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%

Age bands

Under 15	11.789%
15 to 25	11.272%
25 to 45	25.8532%
45 to 65	26.06%
65 and over	25.0259%

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.