7963 Postcode — Ruinen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7963 covers Ruinen, 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: 3,640
Households: 1,665
Average property value: €418,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7963 is

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

People

Residents	3,640
Men	1,830
Women	1,810
Under 15	430
15 to 25	340
25 to 45	625
45 to 65	1,065
65 and over	1,185
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	1,665
Average size	2.1
One-person households	31.2%520
Couples without children	685
One-parent families	5.1%85
Two-parent families	375

Housing

Homes	1,725
Average property value (WOZ)	€418,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	360
Flats and shared buildings	12.5%215
Built before 1945	18.8%325
Unoccupied	4.1%70

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	287
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%200

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	12.5%
Built before 1945	18.8%
Unoccupied	4.1%

Households

One-person households	31.2%
One-parent families	5.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.5%

Age bands

Under 15	11.797%
15 to 25	9.32785%
25 to 45	17.1468%
45 to 65	29.2181%
65 and over	32.5103%

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.