7941 Postcode — Meppel, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7941 covers Meppel, 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: 6,525
Households: 3,780
Average property value: €283,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.7
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7941 is

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

People

Residents	6,525
Men	3,140
Women	3,390
Under 15	510
15 to 25	800
25 to 45	1,560
45 to 65	1,730
65 and over	1,925
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,780
Average size	1.7
One-person households	54.1%2,045
Couples without children	1,090
One-parent families	5%190
Two-parent families	450

Housing

Homes	3,810
Average property value (WOZ)	€283,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	940
Flats and shared buildings	50.3%1,915
Built before 1945	41.3%1,575
Unoccupied	5.2%200

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,120
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%500

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	50.3%
Built before 1945	41.3%
Unoccupied	5.2%

Households

One-person households	54.1%
One-parent families	5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.7%

Age bands

Under 15	7.81609%
15 to 25	12.2605%
25 to 45	23.908%
45 to 65	26.5134%
65 and over	29.5019%

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.