7904 Postcode — Hoogeveen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7904 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: 5,060
Households: 2,195
Average property value: €232,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.3
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7904 is

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

People

Residents	5,060
Men	2,570
Women	2,490
Under 15	880
15 to 25	655
25 to 45	1,260
45 to 65	1,250
65 and over	1,010
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,195
Average size	2.3
One-person households	34.9%765
Couples without children	610
One-parent families	11.2%245
Two-parent families	575

Housing

Homes	2,255
Average property value (WOZ)	€232,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	980
Flats and shared buildings	22.4%505
Unoccupied	2.2%50

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,075
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.6%535

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	22.4%
Unoccupied	2.2%

Households

One-person households	34.9%
One-parent families	11.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.6%

Age bands

Under 15	17.4085%
15 to 25	12.9575%
25 to 45	24.9258%
45 to 65	24.728%
65 and over	19.9802%

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.