7544 Postcode — Enschede, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7544 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: 15,890
Households: 7,210
Average property value: €271,000
Owner-occupied: 30%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7544 is

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

People

Residents	15,890
Men	7,690
Women	8,200
Under 15	2,370
15 to 25	2,155
25 to 45	3,475
45 to 65	4,135
65 and over	3,760
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	30%

Households

Households	7,210
Average size	2.1
One-person households	42.3%3,050
Couples without children	1,775
One-parent families	10.2%735
Two-parent families	1,650

Housing

Homes	7,460
Average property value (WOZ)	€271,000
Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Housing-association homes	4,395
Flats and shared buildings	43.1%3,215
Built before 1945	2.6%195
Unoccupied	4.4%325

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,061
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	16.6%2,630

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	30%
Rented	70%
Flats and shared buildings	43.1%
Built before 1945	2.6%
Unoccupied	4.4%

Households

One-person households	42.3%
One-parent families	10.2%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	16.6%

Age bands

Under 15	14.9103%
15 to 25	13.5577%
25 to 45	21.8622%
45 to 65	26.0145%
65 and over	23.6552%

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.