7815 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7815 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: 5,980
Households: 3,175
Average property value: €209,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7815 is

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

People

Residents	5,980
Men	2,910
Women	3,065
Under 15	845
15 to 25	650
25 to 45	1,510
45 to 65	1,480
65 and over	1,490
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,175
Average size	1.9
One-person households	48.7%1,545
Couples without children	785
One-parent families	10.4%330
Two-parent families	515

Housing

Homes	3,260
Average property value (WOZ)	€209,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,580
Flats and shared buildings	36%1,175
Built before 1945	3.4%110
Unoccupied	4.1%135

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,331
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	15.2%910

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	36%
Built before 1945	3.4%
Unoccupied	4.1%

Households

One-person households	48.7%
One-parent families	10.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	15.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.1423%
15 to 25	10.8787%
25 to 45	25.272%
45 to 65	24.7699%
65 and over	24.9372%

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.