7522 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7522 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: 7,885
Households: 5,285
Average property value: €273,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.5
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7522 is

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

People

Residents	7,885
Men	4,440
Women	3,445
Under 15	690
15 to 25	2,905
25 to 45	2,095
45 to 65	1,250
65 and over	940
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	5,285
Average size	1.5
One-person households	72.1%3,810
Couples without children	785
One-parent families	2.5%130
Two-parent families	560

Housing

Homes	3,880
Average property value (WOZ)	€273,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	950
Flats and shared buildings	56.6%2,195
Built before 1945	14.6%565
Unoccupied	6.8%265

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,435
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.3%260

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	56.6%
Built before 1945	14.6%
Unoccupied	6.8%

Households

One-person households	72.1%
One-parent families	2.5%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	3.3%

Age bands

Under 15	8.75635%
15 to 25	36.8655%
25 to 45	26.5863%
45 to 65	15.8629%
65 and over	11.9289%

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.