8915 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8915 covers Leeuwarden, 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: 5,280
Households: 2,685
Average property value: €232,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8915 is

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

People

Residents	5,280
Men	2,610
Women	2,670
Under 15	830
15 to 25	690
25 to 45	1,435
45 to 65	1,200
65 and over	1,125
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,685
Average size	2
One-person households	45.6%1,225
Couples without children	700
One-parent families	8.9%240
Two-parent families	520

Housing

Homes	2,670
Average property value (WOZ)	€232,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,005
Flats and shared buildings	38.4%1,025
Built before 1945	0.2%5
Unoccupied	2.8%75

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,683
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.4%550

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	38.4%
Built before 1945	0.2%
Unoccupied	2.8%

Households

One-person households	45.6%
One-parent families	8.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.4%

Age bands

Under 15	15.7197%
15 to 25	13.0682%
25 to 45	27.178%
45 to 65	22.7273%
65 and over	21.3068%

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.