8701 Postcode — Bolsward, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8701 covers Bolsward, 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: 8,130
Households: 3,860
Average property value: €254,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8701 is

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

People

Residents	8,130
Men	4,020
Women	4,110
Under 15	1,205
15 to 25	930
25 to 45	1,785
45 to 65	2,030
65 and over	2,180
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,860
Average size	2
One-person households	42.6%1,645
Couples without children	1,090
One-parent families	8.2%315
Two-parent families	810

Housing

Homes	4,085
Average property value (WOZ)	€254,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,590
Flats and shared buildings	25.9%1,060
Built before 1945	26.9%1,100
Unoccupied	3.9%160

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,150
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.7%785

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	25.9%
Built before 1945	26.9%
Unoccupied	3.9%

Households

One-person households	42.6%
One-parent families	8.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.7%

Age bands

Under 15	14.8216%
15 to 25	11.4391%
25 to 45	21.9557%
45 to 65	24.9692%
65 and over	26.8143%

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.