7551 Postcode — Hengelo, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7551 covers Hengelo, 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: 4,610
Households: 2,895
Average property value: €291,000
Owner-occupied: 40%
Average household size: 1.5
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 7551 is

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

People

Residents	4,610
Men	2,425
Women	2,185
Under 15	265
15 to 25	625
25 to 45	1,385
45 to 65	1,030
65 and over	1,300
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	2,895
Average size	1.5
One-person households	60.4%1,750
Couples without children	805
One-parent families	3.8%110
Two-parent families	230

Housing

Homes	3,060
Average property value (WOZ)	€291,000
Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Housing-association homes	560
Flats and shared buildings	77.6%2,375
Built before 1945	22.2%680
Unoccupied	10.1%310

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	3,123
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.1%420

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	40%
Rented	60%
Flats and shared buildings	77.6%
Built before 1945	22.2%
Unoccupied	10.1%

Households

One-person households	60.4%
One-parent families	3.8%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	9.1%

Age bands

Under 15	5.75461%
15 to 25	13.5722%
25 to 45	30.076%
45 to 65	22.367%
65 and over	28.2302%

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.