8923 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8923 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: 3,640
Households: 1,915
Average property value: €213,000
Owner-occupied: 20%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8923 is

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

People

Residents	3,640
Men	1,750
Women	1,890
Under 15	625
15 to 25	465
25 to 45	955
45 to 65	820
65 and over	775
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	1,915
Average size	1.9
One-person households	52.5%1,005
Couples without children	420
One-parent families	11.2%215
Two-parent families	275

Housing

Homes	1,865
Average property value (WOZ)	€213,000
Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Housing-association homes	1,345
Flats and shared buildings	58.7%1,095
Built before 1945	3.8%70
Unoccupied	1.6%30

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,427
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	18%655

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Flats and shared buildings	58.7%
Built before 1945	3.8%
Unoccupied	1.6%

Households

One-person households	52.5%
One-parent families	11.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	18%

Age bands

Under 15	17.1703%
15 to 25	12.7747%
25 to 45	26.2363%
45 to 65	22.5275%
65 and over	21.2912%

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.