7542 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7542 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: 10,395
Households: 4,630
Average property value: €305,000
Owner-occupied: 70%
Average household size: 2.2
Urbanity: Moderately urban

Where 7542 is

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

People

Residents	10,395
Men	5,365
Women	5,035
Under 15	1,795
15 to 25	1,230
25 to 45	2,570
45 to 65	2,655
65 and over	2,145
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	4,630
Average size	2.2
One-person households	34.8%1,610
Couples without children	1,330
One-parent families	8.1%375
Two-parent families	1,315

Housing

Homes	4,460
Average property value (WOZ)	€305,000
Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Housing-association homes	1,140
Flats and shared buildings	12.2%545
Built before 1945	1.1%50
Unoccupied	1.7%75

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	1,391
Urbanity	Moderately urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.1%1,045

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	70%
Rented	30%
Flats and shared buildings	12.2%
Built before 1945	1.1%
Unoccupied	1.7%

Households

One-person households	34.8%
One-parent families	8.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.1%

Age bands

Under 15	17.2679%
15 to 25	11.8326%
25 to 45	24.7234%
45 to 65	25.5411%
65 and over	20.6349%

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.