7824 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7824 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: 7,710
Households: 3,990
Average property value: €197,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7824 is

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

People

Residents	7,710
Men	3,880
Women	3,830
Under 15	1,035
15 to 25	1,035
25 to 45	1,725
45 to 65	2,015
65 and over	1,910
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	3,990
Average size	1.9
One-person households	47.7%1,905
Couples without children	1,040
One-parent families	10.8%430
Two-parent families	615

Housing

Homes	3,815
Average property value (WOZ)	€197,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,500
Flats and shared buildings	26.6%1,015
Built before 1945	0.3%10
Unoccupied	2.9%110

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,329
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	16.4%1,265

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	26.6%
Built before 1945	0.3%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	47.7%
One-parent families	10.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	16.4%

Age bands

Under 15	13.4067%
15 to 25	13.4067%
25 to 45	22.3446%
45 to 65	26.101%
65 and over	24.7409%

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.