9861 Postcode — Grootegast, Groningen

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9861 covers Grootegast, Groningen. 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: 3,465
Households: 1,505
Average property value: €285,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 9861 is

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

People

Residents	3,465
Men	1,705
Women	1,760
Under 15	485
15 to 25	375
25 to 45	745
45 to 65	930
65 and over	930
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,505
Average size	2.2
One-person households	32.9%495
Couples without children	495
One-parent families	6.6%100
Two-parent families	410

Housing

Homes	1,645
Average property value (WOZ)	€285,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	460
Flats and shared buildings	16.4%270
Built before 1945	10.6%175
Unoccupied	3.6%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	453
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%260

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	16.4%
Built before 1945	10.6%
Unoccupied	3.6%

Households

One-person households	32.9%
One-parent families	6.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%

Age bands

Under 15	13.9971%
15 to 25	10.8225%
25 to 45	21.5007%
45 to 65	26.8398%
65 and over	26.8398%

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.