8608 Postcode — Sneek, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8608 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: 5,025
Households: 2,425
Average property value: €241,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8608 is

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

People

Residents	5,025
Men	2,525
Women	2,500
Under 15	825
15 to 25	625
25 to 45	1,300
45 to 65	1,230
65 and over	1,045
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,425
Average size	2
One-person households	43.7%1,060
Couples without children	595
One-parent families	11.3%275
Two-parent families	495

Housing

Homes	2,475
Average property value (WOZ)	€241,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,335
Flats and shared buildings	31.3%775
Built before 1945	0.4%10
Unoccupied	2.2%55

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,390
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.9%700

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	31.3%
Built before 1945	0.4%
Unoccupied	2.2%

Households

One-person households	43.7%
One-parent families	11.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.9%

Age bands

Under 15	16.4179%
15 to 25	12.4378%
25 to 45	25.8706%
45 to 65	24.4776%
65 and over	20.796%

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.