Postal Codes

8584 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8584 covers Hemelum, 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
550
Households
245
Average property value
€339,000
Owner-occupied
80%
Average household size
2.2
Urbanity
Not urban

Where 8584 is

Hemelum, Friesland โ€” the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People
Residents550
Men265
Women285
Under 1560
15 to 2575
25 to 4590
45 to 65190
65 and over135
Born abroad, in Europe0%
Households
Households245
Average size2.2
One-person households30.6%75
Couples without children90
One-parent families8.2%20
Two-parent families60
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Housing
Homes255
Average property value (WOZ)€339,000
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Housing-association homes35
Built before 194541.2%105
Unoccupied3.9%10
Area
Addresses per square kilometre124
UrbanityNot urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support8.2%45
Against the national median
Residents550Average property value€339,000Average household size2.2One-person households30.6%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Built before 194541.2%
Unoccupied3.9%
Households
One-person households30.6%
One-parent families8.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support8.2%
Age bands
Under 1510.9091%
15 to 2513.6364%
25 to 4516.3636%
45 to 6534.5455%
65 and over24.5455%

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.

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