8607 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8607 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: 5,755
Households: 2,525
Average property value: €324,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8607 is

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

People

Residents	5,755
Men	2,985
Women	2,770
Under 15	1,000
15 to 25	670
25 to 45	1,360
45 to 65	1,675
65 and over	1,050
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,525
Average size	2.3
One-person households	33.1%835
Couples without children	780
One-parent families	7.9%200
Two-parent families	710

Housing

Homes	2,505
Average property value (WOZ)	€324,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	565
Flats and shared buildings	20.6%515
Built before 1945	1.2%30
Unoccupied	2.4%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,413
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8%460

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	20.6%
Built before 1945	1.2%
Unoccupied	2.4%

Households

One-person households	33.1%
One-parent families	7.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8%

Age bands

Under 15	17.3762%
15 to 25	11.6421%
25 to 45	23.6316%
45 to 65	29.1051%
65 and over	18.245%

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.