7881 Postcode — Emmer-Compascuum, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7881 covers Emmer-Compascuum, 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: 7,735
Households: 3,465
Average property value: €261,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7881 is

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

People

Residents	7,735
Men	3,915
Women	3,820
Under 15	1,010
15 to 25	875
25 to 45	1,690
45 to 65	2,450
65 and over	1,715
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,465
Average size	2.2
One-person households	31.2%1,080
Couples without children	1,205
One-parent families	7.4%255
Two-parent families	925

Housing

Homes	3,525
Average property value (WOZ)	€261,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	800
Flats and shared buildings	11.5%405
Built before 1945	23.8%840
Unoccupied	2.8%100

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	383
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.1%855

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	11.5%
Built before 1945	23.8%
Unoccupied	2.8%

Households

One-person households	31.2%
One-parent families	7.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.1%

Age bands

Under 15	13.0491%
15 to 25	11.3049%
25 to 45	21.8346%
45 to 65	31.6537%
65 and over	22.1576%

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.