9406 Postcode — Assen, Drenthe

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9406 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: 9,290
Households: 4,775
Average property value: €232,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 9406 is

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

People

Residents	9,290
Men	4,575
Women	4,715
Under 15	1,300
15 to 25	1,025
25 to 45	2,400
45 to 65	2,345
65 and over	2,220
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,775
Average size	1.9
One-person households	49.2%2,350
Couples without children	1,120
One-parent families	9.8%470
Two-parent families	840

Housing

Homes	4,985
Average property value (WOZ)	€232,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	2,045
Flats and shared buildings	36.4%1,815
Built before 1945	3.9%195
Unoccupied	4.6%230

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,884
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.5%1,165

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	36.4%
Built before 1945	3.9%
Unoccupied	4.6%

Households

One-person households	49.2%
One-parent families	9.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.5%

Age bands

Under 15	13.9935%
15 to 25	11.0334%
25 to 45	25.8342%
45 to 65	25.2422%
65 and over	23.8967%

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.