Postal Codes

8896 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8896 covers Hoorn, 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
470
Households
225
Average property value
€516,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Average household size
2.1
Urbanity
Not urban

Where 8896 is

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

People
Residents470
Men220
Women250
Under 1575
15 to 2540
25 to 4580
45 to 65155
65 and over115
Born abroad, in Europe0%
Households
Households225
Average size2.1
One-person households37.8%85
Couples without children70
One-parent families4.4%10
Two-parent families55
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Housing
Homes225
Average property value (WOZ)€516,000
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Housing-association homes20
Flats and shared buildings22.2%50
Built before 194535.6%80
Unoccupied11.1%25
Area
Addresses per square kilometre136
UrbanityNot urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support3.2%15
Against the national median
Residents470Average property value€516,000Average household size2.1One-person households37.8%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Flats and shared buildings22.2%
Built before 194535.6%
Unoccupied11.1%
Households
One-person households37.8%
One-parent families4.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support3.2%
Age bands
Under 1516.129%
15 to 258.60215%
25 to 4517.2043%
45 to 6533.3333%
65 and over24.7312%

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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