7948 Postcode — Meppel, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7948 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: 4,065
Households: 1,710
Average property value: €375,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7948 is

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

People

Residents	4,065
Men	2,015
Women	2,050
Under 15	650
15 to 25	545
25 to 45	815
45 to 65	1,140
65 and over	915
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,710
Average size	2.4
One-person households	28.4%485
Couples without children	595
One-parent families	5.8%100
Two-parent families	530

Housing

Homes	1,660
Average property value (WOZ)	€375,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	260
Flats and shared buildings	6.9%115
Built before 1945	15.1%250
Unoccupied	2.7%45

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	330
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%205

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	6.9%
Built before 1945	15.1%
Unoccupied	2.7%

Households

One-person households	28.4%
One-parent families	5.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%

Age bands

Under 15	15.9902%
15 to 25	13.4071%
25 to 45	20.0492%
45 to 65	28.0443%
65 and over	22.5092%

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.