9401 Postcode — Assen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9401 covers Assen, 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: 7,275
Households: 4,350
Average property value: €275,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.6
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 9401 is

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

People

Residents	7,275
Men	3,580
Women	3,695
Under 15	540
15 to 25	970
25 to 45	1,705
45 to 65	1,710
65 and over	2,350
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,350
Average size	1.6
One-person households	59.4%2,585
Couples without children	1,160
One-parent families	4.5%195
Two-parent families	405

Housing

Homes	4,390
Average property value (WOZ)	€275,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	980
Flats and shared buildings	72.1%3,165
Built before 1945	29%1,275
Unoccupied	6.2%270

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,443
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.9%720

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	72.1%
Built before 1945	29%
Unoccupied	6.2%

Households

One-person households	59.4%
One-parent families	4.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.9%

Age bands

Under 15	7.42268%
15 to 25	13.3333%
25 to 45	23.4364%
45 to 65	23.5052%
65 and over	32.3024%

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.