7906 Postcode — Hoogeveen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7906 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: 6,195
Households: 3,205
Average property value: €218,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7906 is

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

People

Residents	6,195
Men	3,090
Women	3,105
Under 15	800
15 to 25	750
25 to 45	1,655
45 to 65	1,640
65 and over	1,345
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,205
Average size	1.9
One-person households	47.6%1,525
Couples without children	805
One-parent families	8.6%275
Two-parent families	595

Housing

Homes	3,255
Average property value (WOZ)	€218,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,275
Flats and shared buildings	42.7%1,390
Built before 1945	2%65
Unoccupied	2.9%95

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,121
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.9%740

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	42.7%
Built before 1945	2%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	47.6%
One-parent families	8.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.9%

Age bands

Under 15	12.9241%
15 to 25	12.1163%
25 to 45	26.7367%
45 to 65	26.4943%
65 and over	21.7286%

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.