8939 Postcode — Leeuwarden, Friesland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8939 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: 5,430
Households: 1,985
Average property value: €491,000
Owner-occupied: 90%
Average household size: 2.7
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 8939 is

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

People

Residents	5,430
Men	2,770
Women	2,665
Under 15	975
15 to 25	835
25 to 45	970
45 to 65	1,875
65 and over	785
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,985
Average size	2.7
One-person households	15.9%315
Couples without children	650
One-parent families	7.1%140
Two-parent families	880

Housing

Homes	1,980
Average property value (WOZ)	€491,000
Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Housing-association homes	85
Flats and shared buildings	6.3%125
Built before 1945	0.3%5
Unoccupied	1.5%30

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	755
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.2%175

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	6.3%
Built before 1945	0.3%
Unoccupied	1.5%

Households

One-person households	15.9%
One-parent families	7.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.2%

Age bands

Under 15	17.9228%
15 to 25	15.3493%
25 to 45	17.8309%
45 to 65	34.4669%
65 and over	14.4301%

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.