8442 Postcode — Heerenveen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8442 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: 5,950
Households: 3,605
Average property value: €225,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 1.6
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8442 is

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

People

Residents	5,950
Men	2,935
Women	3,015
Under 15	620
15 to 25	600
25 to 45	1,690
45 to 65	1,435
65 and over	1,605
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,605
Average size	1.6
One-person households	60.2%2,170
Couples without children	790
One-parent families	7.5%270
Two-parent families	375

Housing

Homes	3,675
Average property value (WOZ)	€225,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	2,245
Flats and shared buildings	56.6%2,080
Built before 1945	10.3%380
Unoccupied	3.7%135

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,254
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.9%885

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	56.6%
Built before 1945	10.3%
Unoccupied	3.7%

Households

One-person households	60.2%
One-parent families	7.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.9%

Age bands

Under 15	10.4202%
15 to 25	10.084%
25 to 45	28.4034%
45 to 65	24.1176%
65 and over	26.9748%

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.