7827 Postcode — Emmen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7827 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: 9,000
Households: 3,935
Average property value: €297,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 7827 is

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

People

Residents	9,000
Men	4,475
Women	4,525
Under 15	1,315
15 to 25	980
25 to 45	1,905
45 to 65	2,840
65 and over	1,960
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,935
Average size	2.2
One-person households	29.5%1,160
Couples without children	1,370
One-parent families	7.5%295
Two-parent families	1,110

Housing

Homes	3,975
Average property value (WOZ)	€297,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	520
Flats and shared buildings	11.1%440
Unoccupied	1.5%60

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	817
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.8%790

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	11.1%
Unoccupied	1.5%

Households

One-person households	29.5%
One-parent families	7.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.8%

Age bands

Under 15	14.6111%
15 to 25	10.8889%
25 to 45	21.1667%
45 to 65	31.5556%
65 and over	21.7778%

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.