7255 Postcode — Hengelo (Gld), Guelders

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7255 covers Hengelo (Gld), 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: 6,645
Households: 2,955
Average property value: €421,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Not urban

Where 7255 is

Hengelo (Gld), Guelders — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	6,645
Men	3,340
Women	3,305
Under 15	795
15 to 25	745
25 to 45	1,210
45 to 65	1,965
65 and over	1,930
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	0%

Households

Households	2,955
Average size	2.2
One-person households	31.6%935
Couples without children	1,065
One-parent families	6.1%180
Two-parent families	775

Housing

Homes	3,055
Average property value (WOZ)	€421,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	660
Flats and shared buildings	21.8%665
Built before 1945	22.3%680
Unoccupied	4.3%130

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	491
Urbanity	Not urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%380

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	21.8%
Built before 1945	22.3%
Unoccupied	4.3%

Households

One-person households	31.6%
One-parent families	6.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	5.7%

Age bands

Under 15	11.9639%
15 to 25	11.2114%
25 to 45	18.2092%
45 to 65	29.5711%
65 and over	29.0444%

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.