7863 Postcode — Gees, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7863 covers Gees, 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: 690
Households: 250
Average property value: €402,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7863 is

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

People

Residents	690
Men	360
Women	335
Under 15	90
15 to 25	70
25 to 45	110
45 to 65	200
65 and over	220
Born abroad, in Europe	10%

Households

Households	250
Average size	2.3
One-person households	22%55
Couples without children	120
One-parent families	4%10
Two-parent families	65

Housing

Homes	255
Average property value (WOZ)	€402,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	30
Flats and shared buildings	3.9%10
Built before 1945	47.1%120
Unoccupied	5.9%15

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	85
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.8%40

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	3.9%
Built before 1945	47.1%
Unoccupied	5.9%

Households

One-person households	22%
One-parent families	4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.8%

Age bands

Under 15	13.0435%
15 to 25	10.1449%
25 to 45	15.942%
45 to 65	28.9855%
65 and over	31.8841%

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.