Postal Codes

9688 Postcode

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English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 9688 covers Finsterwolde, Groningen. 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
395
Households
190
Average property value
€229,000
Owner-occupied
70%
Average household size
2.1
Urbanity
Not urban

Where 9688 is

Finsterwolde, Groningen โ€” the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People
Residents395
Men215
Women180
Under 1555
15 to 2540
25 to 4580
45 to 65120
65 and over95
Born abroad, in Europe10%
Born abroad, outside Europe0%
Households
Households190
Average size2.1
One-person households36.8%70
Couples without children60
One-parent families7.9%15
Two-parent families45
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Housing
Homes200
Average property value (WOZ)€229,000
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Housing-association homes45
Built before 194535%70
Unoccupied5%10
Area
Addresses per square kilometre49
UrbanityNot urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support11.4%45
Against the national median
Residents395Average property value€229,000Average household size2.1One-person households36.8%

The tick is the national median.

Housing
Owner-occupied70%
Rented30%
Built before 194535%
Unoccupied5%
Households
One-person households36.8%
One-parent families7.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support11.4%
Age bands
Under 1514.1026%
15 to 2510.2564%
25 to 4520.5128%
45 to 6530.7692%
65 and over24.359%

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.

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