7823 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7823 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: 8,205
Households: 4,145
Average property value: €211,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7823 is

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

People

Residents	8,205
Men	4,015
Women	4,190
Under 15	1,050
15 to 25	895
25 to 45	1,930
45 to 65	2,095
65 and over	2,230
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,145
Average size	1.9
One-person households	44.9%1,860
Couples without children	1,140
One-parent families	9.9%410
Two-parent families	740

Housing

Homes	4,235
Average property value (WOZ)	€211,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,775
Flats and shared buildings	32.8%1,390
Built before 1945	1.2%50
Unoccupied	3%125

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,480
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.3%1,175

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	32.8%
Built before 1945	1.2%
Unoccupied	3%

Households

One-person households	44.9%
One-parent families	9.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.3%

Age bands

Under 15	12.8049%
15 to 25	10.9146%
25 to 45	23.5366%
45 to 65	25.5488%
65 and over	27.1951%

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.