7873 Postcode — Odoorn, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7873 covers Odoorn, 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: 1,985
Households: 820
Average property value: €334,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7873 is

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

People

Residents	1,985
Men	945
Women	1,040
Under 15	245
15 to 25	205
25 to 45	355
45 to 65	505
65 and over	675
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	820
Average size	2.2
One-person households	29.9%245
Couples without children	330
One-parent families	4.9%40
Two-parent families	205

Housing

Homes	960
Average property value (WOZ)	€334,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	145
Flats and shared buildings	19.3%185
Built before 1945	9.4%90
Unoccupied	4.7%45

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	257
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.6%170

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	19.3%
Built before 1945	9.4%
Unoccupied	4.7%

Households

One-person households	29.9%
One-parent families	4.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.6%

Age bands

Under 15	12.3426%
15 to 25	10.3275%
25 to 45	17.8841%
45 to 65	25.4408%
65 and over	34.005%

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.