8605 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8605 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: 1,960
Households: 1,170
Average property value: €258,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 1.6
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8605 is

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

People

Residents	1,960
Men	935
Women	1,025
Under 15	150
15 to 25	160
25 to 45	370
45 to 65	385
65 and over	895
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,170
Average size	1.6
One-person households	58.1%680
Couples without children	325
One-parent families	5.1%60
Two-parent families	100

Housing

Homes	1,350
Average property value (WOZ)	€258,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	740
Flats and shared buildings	69.6%940
Built before 1945	9.3%125
Unoccupied	5.6%75

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,103
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.7%210

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	69.6%
Built before 1945	9.3%
Unoccupied	5.6%

Households

One-person households	58.1%
One-parent families	5.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.7%

Age bands

Under 15	7.65306%
15 to 25	8.16327%
25 to 45	18.8776%
45 to 65	19.6429%
65 and over	45.6633%

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.