7241 Postcode — Lochem, Guelders

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7241 covers Lochem, Guelders. 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: 8,360
Households: 3,930
Average property value: €433,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Little urban

Where 7241 is

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

People

Residents	8,360
Men	4,130
Women	4,230
Under 15	910
15 to 25	870
25 to 45	1,410
45 to 65	2,340
65 and over	2,830
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	3,930
Average size	2
One-person households	37.4%1,470
Couples without children	1,440
One-parent families	4.8%190
Two-parent families	835

Housing

Homes	4,025
Average property value (WOZ)	€433,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	550
Flats and shared buildings	31.7%1,275
Built before 1945	26.3%1,060
Unoccupied	4.3%175

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	911
Urbanity	Little urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%475

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	31.7%
Built before 1945	26.3%
Unoccupied	4.3%

Households

One-person households	37.4%
One-parent families	4.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%

Age bands

Under 15	10.8852%
15 to 25	10.4067%
25 to 45	16.866%
45 to 65	27.9904%
65 and over	33.8517%

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.