7909 Postcode — Hoogeveen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7909 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: 3,070
Households: 1,105
Average property value: €307,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7909 is

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

People

Residents	3,070
Men	1,725
Women	1,340
Under 15	295
15 to 25	345
25 to 45	835
45 to 65	720
65 and over	880
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	1,105
Average size	2
One-person households	39.4%435
Couples without children	410
One-parent families	5.4%60
Two-parent families	205

Housing

Homes	1,190
Average property value (WOZ)	€307,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	465
Flats and shared buildings	30.7%365
Built before 1945	0.8%10
Unoccupied	2.1%25

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,116
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.3%225

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	30.7%
Built before 1945	0.8%
Unoccupied	2.1%

Households

One-person households	39.4%
One-parent families	5.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.3%

Age bands

Under 15	9.5935%
15 to 25	11.2195%
25 to 45	27.1545%
45 to 65	23.4146%
65 and over	28.6179%

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.