8501 Postcode — Joure, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8501 covers Joure, 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: 9,740
Households: 4,635
Average property value: €296,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8501 is

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

People

Residents	9,740
Men	4,725
Women	5,015
Under 15	1,380
15 to 25	985
25 to 45	2,110
45 to 65	2,375
65 and over	2,885
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	4,635
Average size	2.1
One-person households	40%1,855
Couples without children	1,445
One-parent families	7.2%335
Two-parent families	1,000

Housing

Homes	4,855
Average property value (WOZ)	€296,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,880
Flats and shared buildings	18.7%910
Built before 1945	13%630
Unoccupied	3.3%160

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,158
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%730

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	18.7%
Built before 1945	13%
Unoccupied	3.3%

Households

One-person households	40%
One-parent families	7.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%

Age bands

Under 15	14.1757%
15 to 25	10.1181%
25 to 45	21.6744%
45 to 65	24.3965%
65 and over	29.6353%

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.