8443 Postcode — Heerenveen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8443 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: 2,845
Households: 1,390
Average property value: €306,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8443 is

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

People

Residents	2,845
Men	1,390
Women	1,455
Under 15	415
15 to 25	285
25 to 45	590
45 to 65	670
65 and over	880
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,390
Average size	2
One-person households	40.6%565
Couples without children	430
One-parent families	7.6%105
Two-parent families	290

Housing

Homes	1,395
Average property value (WOZ)	€306,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	505
Flats and shared buildings	33.3%465
Built before 1945	11.8%165
Unoccupied	2.5%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,053
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.1%230

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	33.3%
Built before 1945	11.8%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	40.6%
One-parent families	7.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.1%

Age bands

Under 15	14.6127%
15 to 25	10.0352%
25 to 45	20.7746%
45 to 65	23.5915%
65 and over	30.9859%

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.