8471 Postcode — Wolvega, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8471 covers Wolvega, 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: 11,255
Households: 5,340
Average property value: €258,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8471 is

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

People

Residents	11,255
Men	5,530
Women	5,725
Under 15	1,540
15 to 25	1,160
25 to 45	2,490
45 to 65	2,875
65 and over	3,195
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,340
Average size	2
One-person households	40.8%2,180
Couples without children	1,590
One-parent families	8%425
Two-parent families	1,140

Housing

Homes	5,555
Average property value (WOZ)	€258,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	2,115
Flats and shared buildings	20%1,110
Built before 1945	15.2%845
Unoccupied	3.3%185

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,225
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.2%1,040

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	20%
Built before 1945	15.2%
Unoccupied	3.3%

Households

One-person households	40.8%
One-parent families	8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.2%

Age bands

Under 15	13.6767%
15 to 25	10.302%
25 to 45	22.1137%
45 to 65	25.5329%
65 and over	28.3748%

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.