7861 Postcode — Oosterhesselen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7861 covers Oosterhesselen, 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: 1,870
Households: 860
Average property value: €345,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7861 is

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

People

Residents	1,870
Men	940
Women	930
Under 15	230
15 to 25	165
25 to 45	325
45 to 65	490
65 and over	660
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	860
Average size	2.1
One-person households	31.4%270
Couples without children	340
One-parent families	5.2%45
Two-parent families	205

Housing

Homes	860
Average property value (WOZ)	€345,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	150
Flats and shared buildings	10.5%90
Built before 1945	12.8%110
Unoccupied	2.9%25

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	237
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.5%85

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	10.5%
Built before 1945	12.8%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	31.4%
One-parent families	5.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	4.5%

Age bands

Under 15	12.2995%
15 to 25	8.82353%
25 to 45	17.3797%
45 to 65	26.2032%
65 and over	35.2941%

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.