7543 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7543 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: 6,575
Households: 3,160
Average property value: €287,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7543 is

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

People

Residents	6,575
Men	3,340
Women	3,235
Under 15	935
15 to 25	855
25 to 45	1,815
45 to 65	1,750
65 and over	1,220
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	3,160
Average size	2
One-person households	45.7%1,445
Couples without children	780
One-parent families	6.8%215
Two-parent families	720

Housing

Homes	3,235
Average property value (WOZ)	€287,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,095
Flats and shared buildings	46.1%1,490
Built before 1945	8.8%285
Unoccupied	2.9%95

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,497
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.9%845

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	46.1%
Built before 1945	8.8%
Unoccupied	2.9%

Households

One-person households	45.7%
One-parent families	6.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.9%

Age bands

Under 15	14.2205%
15 to 25	13.0038%
25 to 45	27.6046%
45 to 65	26.616%
65 and over	18.5551%

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.