8606 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8606 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: 2,895
Households: 1,550
Average property value: €250,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8606 is

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

People

Residents	2,895
Men	1,420
Women	1,470
Under 15	345
15 to 25	310
25 to 45	675
45 to 65	775
65 and over	785
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,550
Average size	1.8
One-person households	52.9%820
Couples without children	360
One-parent families	9.4%145
Two-parent families	225

Housing

Homes	1,550
Average property value (WOZ)	€250,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	390
Flats and shared buildings	41.6%645
Built before 1945	43.5%675
Unoccupied	5.5%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,903
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%350

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	41.6%
Built before 1945	43.5%
Unoccupied	5.5%

Households

One-person households	52.9%
One-parent families	9.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%

Age bands

Under 15	11.9377%
15 to 25	10.7266%
25 to 45	23.3564%
45 to 65	26.8166%
65 and over	27.1626%

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.