7961 Postcode — Ruinerwold, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7961 covers Ruinerwold, 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: 3,980
Households: 1,645
Average property value: €404,000
Owner-occupied: 80%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7961 is

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

People

Residents	3,980
Men	1,990
Women	1,990
Under 15	635
15 to 25	475
25 to 45	800
45 to 65	1,155
65 and over	915
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,645
Average size	2.4
One-person households	28.3%465
Couples without children	590
One-parent families	4.6%75
Two-parent families	515

Housing

Homes	1,660
Average property value (WOZ)	€404,000
Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Housing-association homes	270
Flats and shared buildings	12.7%210
Built before 1945	26.8%445
Unoccupied	3%50

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	255
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%200

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	80%
Rented	20%
Flats and shared buildings	12.7%
Built before 1945	26.8%
Unoccupied	3%

Households

One-person households	28.3%
One-parent families	4.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5%

Age bands

Under 15	15.9548%
15 to 25	11.9347%
25 to 45	20.1005%
45 to 65	29.0201%
65 and over	22.9899%

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.