7523 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7523 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: 12,185
Households: 6,225
Average property value: €289,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 7523 is

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

People

Residents	12,185
Men	6,335
Women	5,850
Under 15	1,590
15 to 25	1,765
25 to 45	3,360
45 to 65	3,135
65 and over	2,340
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	6,225
Average size	1.9
One-person households	48.9%3,045
Couples without children	1,525
One-parent families	7.9%490
Two-parent families	1,165

Housing

Homes	6,275
Average property value (WOZ)	€289,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	3,105
Flats and shared buildings	50%3,135
Built before 1945	7.2%450
Unoccupied	4%250

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,518
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.2%1,735

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	50%
Built before 1945	7.2%
Unoccupied	4%

Households

One-person households	48.9%
One-parent families	7.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	14.2%

Age bands

Under 15	13.0435%
15 to 25	14.4791%
25 to 45	27.5636%
45 to 65	25.7178%
65 and over	19.1961%

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.