8742 Postcode — Burgwerd, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8742 covers Burgwerd, 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: 300
Households: 130
Average property value: €374,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 8742 is

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

People

Residents	300
Men	155
Women	140
Under 15	45
15 to 25	25
25 to 45	65
45 to 65	100
65 and over	65

Households

Households	130
Average size	2.3
One-person households	23.1%30
Couples without children	60
Two-parent families	35

Housing

Homes	135
Average property value (WOZ)	€374,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	5
Built before 1945	51.9%70

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	33
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%15

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Built before 1945	51.9%

Households

One-person households	23.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%

Age bands

Under 15	15%
15 to 25	8.33333%
25 to 45	21.6667%
45 to 65	33.3333%
65 and over	21.6667%

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.