7901 Postcode — Hoogeveen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7901 covers Hoogeveen, 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: 3,355
Households: 1,620
Average property value: €267,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7901 is

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

People

Residents	3,355
Men	1,600
Women	1,755
Under 15	350
15 to 25	350
25 to 45	760
45 to 65	780
65 and over	1,115
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,620
Average size	1.9
One-person households	47.5%770
Couples without children	475
One-parent families	7.1%115
Two-parent families	255

Housing

Homes	2,030
Average property value (WOZ)	€267,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	815
Flats and shared buildings	53.4%1,085
Built before 1945	6.4%130
Unoccupied	13.3%270

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,845
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.6%290

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	53.4%
Built before 1945	6.4%
Unoccupied	13.3%

Households

One-person households	47.5%
One-parent families	7.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	8.6%

Age bands

Under 15	10.4322%
15 to 25	10.4322%
25 to 45	22.6528%
45 to 65	23.2489%
65 and over	33.234%

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.