8921 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8921 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: 9,130
Households: 5,635
Average property value: €209,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.6
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 8921 is

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

People

Residents	9,130
Men	4,590
Women	4,535
Under 15	960
15 to 25	1,755
25 to 45	3,105
45 to 65	1,840
65 and over	1,465
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,635
Average size	1.6
One-person households	59.7%3,365
Couples without children	1,265
One-parent families	8.6%485
Two-parent families	520

Housing

Homes	5,220
Average property value (WOZ)	€209,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,385
Flats and shared buildings	38%1,985
Built before 1945	61.3%3,200
Unoccupied	4.8%250

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,221
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.3%1,215

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	38%
Built before 1945	61.3%
Unoccupied	4.8%

Households

One-person households	59.7%
One-parent families	8.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.3%

Age bands

Under 15	10.5205%
15 to 25	19.2329%
25 to 45	34.0274%
45 to 65	20.1644%
65 and over	16.0548%

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.