8447 Postcode — Heerenveen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8447 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: 3,180
Households: 1,525
Average property value: €289,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8447 is

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

People

Residents	3,180
Men	1,620
Women	1,560
Under 15	450
15 to 25	415
25 to 45	810
45 to 65	915
65 and over	590
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,525
Average size	2.1
One-person households	39.3%600
Couples without children	435
One-parent families	8.5%130
Two-parent families	365

Housing

Homes	1,525
Average property value (WOZ)	€289,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	410
Flats and shared buildings	22.6%345
Built before 1945	0.3%5
Unoccupied	2.3%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,384
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.7%310

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	22.6%
Built before 1945	0.3%
Unoccupied	2.3%

Households

One-person households	39.3%
One-parent families	8.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.7%

Age bands

Under 15	14.1509%
15 to 25	13.0503%
25 to 45	25.4717%
45 to 65	28.7736%
65 and over	18.5535%

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.