7822 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7822 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: 3,170
Households: 1,435
Average property value: €312,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7822 is

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

People

Residents	3,170
Men	1,545
Women	1,630
Under 15	415
15 to 25	355
25 to 45	590
45 to 65	870
65 and over	940
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,435
Average size	2.1
One-person households	38%545
Couples without children	450
One-parent families	7.3%105
Two-parent families	335

Housing

Homes	1,510
Average property value (WOZ)	€312,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	495
Flats and shared buildings	27.2%410
Built before 1945	21.5%325
Unoccupied	6.3%95

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,128
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.6%210

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	27.2%
Built before 1945	21.5%
Unoccupied	6.3%

Households

One-person households	38%
One-parent families	7.3%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.6%

Age bands

Under 15	13.0915%
15 to 25	11.1987%
25 to 45	18.612%
45 to 65	27.4448%
65 and over	29.653%

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.