8917 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8917 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: 3,660
Households: 2,115
Average property value: €259,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 8917 is

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

People

Residents	3,660
Men	1,670
Women	1,990
Under 15	445
15 to 25	1,020
25 to 45	725
45 to 65	810
65 and over	660
Born abroad, in Europe	20%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,115
Average size	1.7
One-person households	59.6%1,260
Couples without children	455
One-parent families	4.3%90
Two-parent families	310

Housing

Homes	2,095
Average property value (WOZ)	€259,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	480
Flats and shared buildings	56.1%1,175
Built before 1945	38.4%805
Unoccupied	6.7%140

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,010
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%200

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	56.1%
Built before 1945	38.4%
Unoccupied	6.7%

Households

One-person households	59.6%
One-parent families	4.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%

Age bands

Under 15	12.1585%
15 to 25	27.8689%
25 to 45	19.8087%
45 to 65	22.1311%
65 and over	18.0328%

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.