7811 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7811 covers Emmen, Drenthe. 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: 5,625
Households: 3,530
Average property value: €245,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.5
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7811 is

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

People

Residents	5,625
Men	2,650
Women	2,975
Under 15	280
15 to 25	655
25 to 45	1,160
45 to 65	1,100
65 and over	2,430
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,530
Average size	1.5
One-person households	60.2%2,125
Couples without children	995
One-parent families	5%175
Two-parent families	235

Housing

Homes	3,275
Average property value (WOZ)	€245,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,055
Flats and shared buildings	82.4%2,700
Built before 1945	8.2%270
Unoccupied	5.8%190

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,544
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.6%540

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	82.4%
Built before 1945	8.2%
Unoccupied	5.8%

Households

One-person households	60.2%
One-parent families	5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.6%

Age bands

Under 15	4.97778%
15 to 25	11.6444%
25 to 45	20.6222%
45 to 65	19.5556%
65 and over	43.2%

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.