8861 Postcode — Harlingen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8861 covers Harlingen, 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: 6,500
Households: 3,460
Average property value: €268,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8861 is

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

People

Residents	6,500
Men	3,295
Women	3,205
Under 15	605
15 to 25	680
25 to 45	1,105
45 to 65	1,820
65 and over	2,290
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,460
Average size	1.8
One-person households	48%1,660
Couples without children	1,085
One-parent families	6.1%210
Two-parent families	505

Housing

Homes	3,745
Average property value (WOZ)	€268,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	910
Flats and shared buildings	36.8%1,380
Built before 1945	44.9%1,680
Unoccupied	10.1%380

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,194
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%370

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	36.8%
Built before 1945	44.9%
Unoccupied	10.1%

Households

One-person households	48%
One-parent families	6.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%

Age bands

Under 15	9.30769%
15 to 25	10.4615%
25 to 45	17%
45 to 65	28%
65 and over	35.2308%

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.