8918 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8918 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: 6,225
Households: 3,460
Average property value: €200,000
Owner-occupied: 20%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 8918 is

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

People

Residents	6,225
Men	2,910
Women	3,315
Under 15	925
15 to 25	770
25 to 45	1,480
45 to 65	1,500
65 and over	1,555
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	3,460
Average size	1.8
One-person households	57.5%1,990
Couples without children	635
One-parent families	11.4%395
Two-parent families	440

Housing

Homes	3,435
Average property value (WOZ)	€200,000
Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Housing-association homes	2,410
Flats and shared buildings	61.6%2,115
Unoccupied	2.9%100

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,584
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	19.2%1,195

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Flats and shared buildings	61.6%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	57.5%
One-parent families	11.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	19.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.8475%
15 to 25	12.3596%
25 to 45	23.756%
45 to 65	24.077%
65 and over	24.9599%

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.