7531 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7531 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: 8,330
Households: 4,125
Average property value: €335,000
Owner-occupied: 60%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7531 is

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

People

Residents	8,330
Men	4,100
Women	4,230
Under 15	1,180
15 to 25	1,010
25 to 45	1,985
45 to 65	2,155
65 and over	1,995
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,125
Average size	2
One-person households	41.2%1,700
Couples without children	1,175
One-parent families	8.6%355
Two-parent families	895

Housing

Homes	4,060
Average property value (WOZ)	€335,000
Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Housing-association homes	1,115
Flats and shared buildings	20%810
Built before 1945	27.6%1,120
Unoccupied	3.3%135

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,306
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.2%770

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	60%
Rented	40%
Flats and shared buildings	20%
Built before 1945	27.6%
Unoccupied	3.3%

Households

One-person households	41.2%
One-parent families	8.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.2%

Age bands

Under 15	14.1742%
15 to 25	12.1321%
25 to 45	23.8438%
45 to 65	25.8859%
65 and over	23.964%

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.