8604 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8604 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: 5,335
Households: 2,275
Average property value: €392,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8604 is

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

People

Residents	5,335
Men	2,660
Women	2,675
Under 15	860
15 to 25	545
25 to 45	960
45 to 65	1,515
65 and over	1,450
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,275
Average size	2.3
One-person households	31.4%715
Couples without children	770
One-parent families	5.3%120
Two-parent families	670

Housing

Homes	2,420
Average property value (WOZ)	€392,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	580
Flats and shared buildings	23.8%575
Built before 1945	0.2%5
Unoccupied	2.5%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,140
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%250

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	23.8%
Built before 1945	0.2%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	31.4%
One-parent families	5.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.7%

Age bands

Under 15	16.1351%
15 to 25	10.2251%
25 to 45	18.0113%
45 to 65	28.424%
65 and over	27.2045%

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.