8862 Postcode — Harlingen, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8862 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: 8,610
Households: 3,825
Average property value: €255,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 8862 is

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

People

Residents	8,610
Men	4,265
Women	4,345
Under 15	1,445
15 to 25	1,000
25 to 45	1,960
45 to 65	2,310
65 and over	1,895
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,825
Average size	2.2
One-person households	34.9%1,335
Couples without children	1,115
One-parent families	9.5%365
Two-parent families	1,015

Housing

Homes	3,875
Average property value (WOZ)	€255,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,585
Flats and shared buildings	13.5%525
Built before 1945	1.2%45
Unoccupied	2.1%80

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,090
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.7%835

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	13.5%
Built before 1945	1.2%
Unoccupied	2.1%

Households

One-person households	34.9%
One-parent families	9.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.7%

Age bands

Under 15	16.7828%
15 to 25	11.6144%
25 to 45	22.7642%
45 to 65	26.8293%
65 and over	22.0093%

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.