7943 Postcode — Meppel, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7943 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: 8,395
Households: 3,915
Average property value: €319,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 7943 is

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

People

Residents	8,395
Men	4,100
Women	4,295
Under 15	1,135
15 to 25	1,125
25 to 45	1,835
45 to 65	2,400
65 and over	1,900
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,915
Average size	2.1
One-person households	37.5%1,470
Couples without children	1,225
One-parent families	7.2%280
Two-parent families	935

Housing

Homes	3,670
Average property value (WOZ)	€319,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	930
Flats and shared buildings	15.8%580
Built before 1945	6.1%225
Unoccupied	3.5%130

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	960
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.1%595

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	15.8%
Built before 1945	6.1%
Unoccupied	3.5%

Households

One-person households	37.5%
One-parent families	7.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	7.1%

Age bands

Under 15	13.52%
15 to 25	13.4008%
25 to 45	21.8582%
45 to 65	28.5884%
65 and over	22.6325%

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.