7944 Postcode — Meppel, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7944 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: 10,420
Households: 4,190
Average property value: €331,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7944 is

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

People

Residents	10,420
Men	5,030
Women	5,390
Under 15	2,015
15 to 25	1,330
25 to 45	2,385
45 to 65	2,675
65 and over	2,015
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,190
Average size	2.4
One-person households	29%1,215
Couples without children	1,185
One-parent families	9.4%395
Two-parent families	1,395

Housing

Homes	4,365
Average property value (WOZ)	€331,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,405
Flats and shared buildings	23.4%1,020
Built before 1945	2.1%90
Unoccupied	2.5%110

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,332
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.5%680

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	23.4%
Built before 1945	2.1%
Unoccupied	2.5%

Households

One-person households	29%
One-parent families	9.4%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	6.5%

Age bands

Under 15	19.3378%
15 to 25	12.7639%
25 to 45	22.8887%
45 to 65	25.6718%
65 and over	19.3378%

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.