8801 Postcode — Franeker, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8801 covers Franeker, 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: 7,040
Households: 3,425
Average property value: €247,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8801 is

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

People

Residents	7,040
Men	3,500
Women	3,540
Under 15	845
15 to 25	665
25 to 45	1,645
45 to 65	1,850
65 and over	2,035
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,425
Average size	1.9
One-person households	43.6%1,495
Couples without children	1,060
One-parent families	5.8%200
Two-parent families	670

Housing

Homes	3,715
Average property value (WOZ)	€247,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	970
Flats and shared buildings	26.5%985
Built before 1945	37.6%1,395
Unoccupied	5.1%190

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,104
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.8%690

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	26.5%
Built before 1945	37.6%
Unoccupied	5.1%

Households

One-person households	43.6%
One-parent families	5.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.8%

Age bands

Under 15	12.0028%
15 to 25	9.44602%
25 to 45	23.3665%
45 to 65	26.2784%
65 and over	28.9062%

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.