8603 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8603 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: 5,175
Households: 2,260
Average property value: €352,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8603 is

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

People

Residents	5,175
Men	2,550
Women	2,625
Under 15	920
15 to 25	560
25 to 45	1,210
45 to 65	1,425
65 and over	1,060
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,260
Average size	2.3
One-person households	31.6%715
Couples without children	685
One-parent families	7.1%160
Two-parent families	700

Housing

Homes	2,275
Average property value (WOZ)	€352,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	300
Flats and shared buildings	11.6%265
Built before 1945	30.1%685
Unoccupied	2%45

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,850
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%245

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	11.6%
Built before 1945	30.1%
Unoccupied	2%

Households

One-person households	31.6%
One-parent families	7.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%

Age bands

Under 15	17.7778%
15 to 25	10.8213%
25 to 45	23.3816%
45 to 65	27.5362%
65 and over	20.4831%

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.