8446 Postcode — Heerenveen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8446 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: 7,365
Households: 3,370
Average property value: €260,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8446 is

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

People

Residents	7,365
Men	3,570
Women	3,790
Under 15	1,150
15 to 25	865
25 to 45	1,735
45 to 65	1,855
65 and over	1,760
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,370
Average size	2.1
One-person households	37.7%1,270
Couples without children	960
One-parent families	10.5%355
Two-parent families	785

Housing

Homes	3,475
Average property value (WOZ)	€260,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,135
Flats and shared buildings	22.2%770
Built before 1945	0.1%5
Unoccupied	2.6%90

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,857
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.1%600

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	22.2%
Built before 1945	0.1%
Unoccupied	2.6%

Households

One-person households	37.7%
One-parent families	10.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.1%

Age bands

Under 15	15.6144%
15 to 25	11.7447%
25 to 45	23.5574%
45 to 65	25.1867%
65 and over	23.8968%

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.