8472 Postcode — Wolvega, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8472 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: 2,250
Households: 820
Average property value: €397,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.6
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 8472 is

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

People

Residents	2,250
Men	1,120
Women	1,130
Under 15	485
15 to 25	220
25 to 45	615
45 to 65	515
65 and over	415
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	820
Average size	2.6
One-person households	22.6%185
Couples without children	245
One-parent families	6.1%50
Two-parent families	345

Housing

Homes	805
Average property value (WOZ)	€397,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	125
Flats and shared buildings	9.3%75
Unoccupied	1.9%15

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	715
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.6%80

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	9.3%
Unoccupied	1.9%

Households

One-person households	22.6%
One-parent families	6.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.6%

Age bands

Under 15	21.5556%
15 to 25	9.77778%
25 to 45	27.3333%
45 to 65	22.8889%
65 and over	18.4444%

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.