8922 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8922 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: 3,290
Households: 2,125
Average property value: €173,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 1.5
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 8922 is

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

People

Residents	3,290
Men	1,675
Women	1,615
Under 15	345
15 to 25	705
25 to 45	1,105
45 to 65	720
65 and over	420
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,125
Average size	1.5
One-person households	67.8%1,440
Couples without children	325
One-parent families	7.3%155
Two-parent families	200

Housing

Homes	2,015
Average property value (WOZ)	€173,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	820
Flats and shared buildings	43.4%875
Built before 1945	54.3%1,095
Unoccupied	5%100

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	4,325
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	16%525

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	43.4%
Built before 1945	54.3%
Unoccupied	5%

Households

One-person households	67.8%
One-parent families	7.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	16%

Age bands

Under 15	10.4704%
15 to 25	21.3961%
25 to 45	33.5357%
45 to 65	21.8513%
65 and over	12.7466%

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.