8924 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8924 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: 3,650
Households: 2,215
Average property value: €166,000
Owner-occupied: 20%
Average household size: 1.6
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 8924 is

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

People

Residents	3,650
Men	1,950
Women	1,700
Under 15	595
15 to 25	555
25 to 45	1,315
45 to 65	820
65 and over	365
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	2,215
Average size	1.6
One-person households	61.9%1,370
Couples without children	345
One-parent families	12.9%285
Two-parent families	215

Housing

Homes	2,165
Average property value (WOZ)	€166,000
Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Housing-association homes	1,535
Flats and shared buildings	75.1%1,625
Built before 1945	2.5%55
Unoccupied	3%65

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,459
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	24.8%905

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	20%
Rented	80%
Flats and shared buildings	75.1%
Built before 1945	2.5%
Unoccupied	3%

Households

One-person households	61.9%
One-parent families	12.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	24.8%

Age bands

Under 15	16.3014%
15 to 25	15.2055%
25 to 45	36.0274%
45 to 65	22.4658%
65 and over	10%

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.