8438 Postcode — Wateren, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 8438 covers Wateren, 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: 145
Households: 75
Average property value: €589,000
Owner-occupied: 90%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 8438 is

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

People

Residents	145
Men	75
Women	70
Under 15	10
15 to 25	15
25 to 45	15
45 to 65	60
65 and over	45

Households

Households	75
Average size	2
One-person households	40%30
Couples without children	30
Two-parent families	15

Housing

Homes	55
Average property value (WOZ)	€589,000
Owner-occupied	90%
Flats and shared buildings	27.3%15
Built before 1945	63.6%35

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	56
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.4%5

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	90%
Flats and shared buildings	27.3%
Built before 1945	63.6%

Households

One-person households	40%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.4%

Age bands

Under 15	6.89655%
15 to 25	10.3448%
25 to 45	10.3448%
45 to 65	41.3793%
65 and over	31.0345%

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.