7521 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7521 covers Enschede, Overijssel. 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: 9,150
Households: 5,055
Average property value: €245,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.8
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7521 is

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

People

Residents	9,150
Men	4,870
Women	4,280
Under 15	1,075
15 to 25	1,590
25 to 45	2,800
45 to 65	2,235
65 and over	1,450
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,055
Average size	1.8
One-person households	53%2,680
Couples without children	1,255
One-parent families	7%355
Two-parent families	765

Housing

Homes	4,750
Average property value (WOZ)	€245,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	2,125
Flats and shared buildings	37.8%1,795
Built before 1945	33.3%1,580
Unoccupied	4.6%220

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,642
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.1%1,200

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	37.8%
Built before 1945	33.3%
Unoccupied	4.6%

Households

One-person households	53%
One-parent families	7%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	13.1%

Age bands

Under 15	11.7486%
15 to 25	17.377%
25 to 45	30.6011%
45 to 65	24.4262%
65 and over	15.847%

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.