8531 Postcode — Lemmer, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8531 covers Lemmer, 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: 8,300
Households: 3,880
Average property value: €306,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 8531 is

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

People

Residents	8,300
Men	4,115
Women	4,185
Under 15	1,205
15 to 25	885
25 to 45	1,800
45 to 65	2,240
65 and over	2,170
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,880
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38.3%1,485
Couples without children	1,205
One-parent families	7.5%290
Two-parent families	900

Housing

Homes	4,075
Average property value (WOZ)	€306,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,280
Flats and shared buildings	13.4%545
Built before 1945	10.1%410
Unoccupied	7.1%290

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	789
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.9%575

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	13.4%
Built before 1945	10.1%
Unoccupied	7.1%

Households

One-person households	38.3%
One-parent families	7.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.9%

Age bands

Under 15	14.5181%
15 to 25	10.6627%
25 to 45	21.6867%
45 to 65	26.988%
65 and over	26.1446%

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.