8491 Postcode — Akkrum, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8491 covers Akkrum, 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: 3,275
Households: 1,465
Average property value: €296,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 8491 is

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

People

Residents	3,275
Men	1,615
Women	1,665
Under 15	450
15 to 25	375
25 to 45	600
45 to 65	895
65 and over	955
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,465
Average size	2.1
One-person households	37.9%555
Couples without children	445
One-parent families	5.8%85
Two-parent families	380

Housing

Homes	1,620
Average property value (WOZ)	€296,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	465
Flats and shared buildings	20.7%335
Built before 1945	22.2%360
Unoccupied	4.3%70

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	529
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6%195

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	20.7%
Built before 1945	22.2%
Unoccupied	4.3%

Households

One-person households	37.9%
One-parent families	5.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6%

Age bands

Under 15	13.7405%
15 to 25	11.4504%
25 to 45	18.3206%
45 to 65	27.3282%
65 and over	29.1603%

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.