Postal Codes

8723 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8723 covers Koudum, 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
2,815
Households
1,315
Average property value
€331,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Average household size
2.1
Urbanity
Not urban

Where 8723 is

Koudum, Friesland โ€” the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People
Residents2,815
Men1,385
Women1,430
Under 15450
15 to 25270
25 to 45550
45 to 65715
65 and over835
Born abroad, in Europe10%
Born abroad, outside Europe0%
Households
Households1,315
Average size2.1
One-person households37.3%490
Couples without children440
One-parent families6.5%85
Two-parent families300
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Housing
Homes1,305
Average property value (WOZ)€331,000
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Housing-association homes355
Flats and shared buildings8%105
Built before 194516.1%210
Unoccupied5.4%70
Area
Addresses per square kilometre372
UrbanityNot urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5.9%165
Against the national median
Residents2,815Average property value€331,000Average household size2.1One-person households37.3%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Flats and shared buildings8%
Built before 194516.1%
Unoccupied5.4%
Households
One-person households37.3%
One-parent families6.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support5.9%
Age bands
Under 1515.9574%
15 to 259.57447%
25 to 4519.5035%
45 to 6525.3546%
65 and over29.6099%

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.

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