8629 Postcode — Scharnegoutum, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8629 covers Scharnegoutum, 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: 1,555
Households: 670
Average property value: €350,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 8629 is

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

People

Residents	1,555
Men	815
Women	740
Under 15	245
15 to 25	170
25 to 45	310
45 to 65	465
65 and over	370
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	670
Average size	2.3
One-person households	29.9%200
Couples without children	230
One-parent families	4.5%30
Two-parent families	205

Housing

Homes	690
Average property value (WOZ)	€350,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	120
Flats and shared buildings	3.6%25
Built before 1945	23.2%160
Unoccupied	3.6%25

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	227
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.1%80

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	3.6%
Built before 1945	23.2%
Unoccupied	3.6%

Households

One-person households	29.9%
One-parent families	4.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.1%

Age bands

Under 15	15.7051%
15 to 25	10.8974%
25 to 45	19.8718%
45 to 65	29.8077%
65 and over	23.7179%

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.