7872 Postcode — Valthe, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7872 covers Valthe, 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: 1,200
Households: 540
Average property value: €358,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7872 is

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

People

Residents	1,200
Men	600
Women	600
Under 15	130
15 to 25	115
25 to 45	185
45 to 65	415
65 and over	355
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	540
Average size	2.2
One-person households	25.9%140
Couples without children	255
One-parent families	3.7%20
Two-parent families	130

Housing

Homes	545
Average property value (WOZ)	€358,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	95
Flats and shared buildings	4.6%25
Built before 1945	31.2%170
Unoccupied	2.8%15

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	126
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%90

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	4.6%
Built before 1945	31.2%
Unoccupied	2.8%

Households

One-person households	25.9%
One-parent families	3.7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.5%

Age bands

Under 15	10.8333%
15 to 25	9.58333%
25 to 45	15.4167%
45 to 65	34.5833%
65 and over	29.5833%

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.