7826 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7826 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: 2,980
Households: 1,240
Average property value: €329,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7826 is

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

People

Residents	2,980
Men	1,535
Women	1,445
Under 15	420
15 to 25	360
25 to 45	580
45 to 65	880
65 and over	735
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,240
Average size	2.4
One-person households	25.8%320
Couples without children	450
One-parent families	6%75
Two-parent families	400

Housing

Homes	1,240
Average property value (WOZ)	€329,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	135
Flats and shared buildings	3.6%45
Built before 1945	8.5%105
Unoccupied	2.4%30

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	374
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.9%205

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	3.6%
Built before 1945	8.5%
Unoccupied	2.4%

Households

One-person households	25.8%
One-parent families	6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.9%

Age bands

Under 15	14.1176%
15 to 25	12.1008%
25 to 45	19.4958%
45 to 65	29.5798%
65 and over	24.7059%

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.