7855 Postcode — Meppen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7855 covers Meppen, 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: 410
Households: 170
Average property value: €441,000
Owner-occupied: 90%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7855 is

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

People

Residents	410
Men	210
Women	200
Under 15	55
15 to 25	45
25 to 45	65
45 to 65	130
65 and over	120

Households

Households	170
Average size	2.4
One-person households	23.5%40
Couples without children	70
One-parent families	2.9%5
Two-parent families	50

Housing

Homes	165
Average property value (WOZ)	€441,000
Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	6.1%10
Built before 1945	42.4%70
Unoccupied	6.1%10

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	72
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.9%20

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	6.1%
Built before 1945	42.4%
Unoccupied	6.1%

Households

One-person households	23.5%
One-parent families	2.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.9%

Age bands

Under 15	13.253%
15 to 25	10.8434%
25 to 45	15.6627%
45 to 65	31.3253%
65 and over	28.9157%

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.