7942 Postcode — Meppel, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7942 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: 6,565
Households: 3,200
Average property value: €261,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7942 is

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

People

Residents	6,565
Men	3,325
Women	3,240
Under 15	1,055
15 to 25	800
25 to 45	2,240
45 to 65	1,585
65 and over	880
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	3,200
Average size	2
One-person households	45.2%1,445
Couples without children	750
One-parent families	10.2%325
Two-parent families	685

Housing

Homes	3,155
Average property value (WOZ)	€261,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	1,635
Flats and shared buildings	27.7%875
Built before 1945	18.1%570
Unoccupied	2.7%85

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,228
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%795

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	27.7%
Built before 1945	18.1%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	45.2%
One-parent families	10.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.1%

Age bands

Under 15	16.0823%
15 to 25	12.1951%
25 to 45	34.1463%
45 to 65	24.1616%
65 and over	13.4146%

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.