8517 Postcode — Scharsterbrug, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8517 covers Scharsterbrug, 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: 800
Households: 315
Average property value: €345,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.5
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 8517 is

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

People

Residents	800
Men	410
Women	385
Under 15	125
15 to 25	100
25 to 45	175
45 to 65	255
65 and over	145
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	315
Average size	2.5
One-person households	23.8%75
Couples without children	105
One-parent families	4.8%15
Two-parent families	120

Housing

Homes	315
Average property value (WOZ)	€345,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	60
Built before 1945	39.7%125

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	123
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.6%45

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Built before 1945	39.7%

Households

One-person households	23.8%
One-parent families	4.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.6%

Age bands

Under 15	15.625%
15 to 25	12.5%
25 to 45	21.875%
45 to 65	31.875%
65 and over	18.125%

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.