8551 Postcode — Woudsend, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8551 covers Woudsend, 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: 1,365
Households: 625
Average property value: €360,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 8551 is

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

People

Residents	1,365
Men	690
Women	670
Under 15	190
15 to 25	145
25 to 45	265
45 to 65	425
65 and over	335
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	625
Average size	2.2
One-person households	32.8%205
Couples without children	220
One-parent families	5.6%35
Two-parent families	160

Housing

Homes	660
Average property value (WOZ)	€360,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	95
Flats and shared buildings	6.8%45
Built before 1945	31.8%210
Unoccupied	6.8%45

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	277
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.1%70

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	6.8%
Built before 1945	31.8%
Unoccupied	6.8%

Households

One-person households	32.8%
One-parent families	5.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.1%

Age bands

Under 15	13.9706%
15 to 25	10.6618%
25 to 45	19.4853%
45 to 65	31.25%
65 and over	24.6324%

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.