8601 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8601 covers Sneek, 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: 3,365
Households: 1,810
Average property value: €309,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8601 is

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

People

Residents	3,365
Men	1,710
Women	1,655
Under 15	350
15 to 25	410
25 to 45	795
45 to 65	945
65 and over	865
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,810
Average size	1.8
One-person households	49.2%890
Couples without children	535
One-parent families	4.4%80
Two-parent families	305

Housing

Homes	1,950
Average property value (WOZ)	€309,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	320
Flats and shared buildings	51.8%1,010
Built before 1945	45.4%885
Unoccupied	10%195

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,813
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%260

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	51.8%
Built before 1945	45.4%
Unoccupied	10%

Households

One-person households	49.2%
One-parent families	4.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%

Age bands

Under 15	10.4012%
15 to 25	12.1842%
25 to 45	23.6256%
45 to 65	28.0832%
65 and over	25.7058%

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.