7553 Postcode — Hengelo, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7553 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: 10,040
Households: 5,385
Average property value: €273,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 1.9
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7553 is

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

People

Residents	10,040
Men	5,090
Women	4,950
Under 15	1,190
15 to 25	1,115
25 to 45	2,985
45 to 65	2,825
65 and over	1,925
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,385
Average size	1.9
One-person households	47.7%2,570
Couples without children	1,450
One-parent families	7.9%425
Two-parent families	940

Housing

Homes	5,360
Average property value (WOZ)	€273,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	1,980
Flats and shared buildings	34.4%1,845
Built before 1945	35.4%1,895
Unoccupied	2.3%125

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,228
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.2%1,120

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	34.4%
Built before 1945	35.4%
Unoccupied	2.3%

Households

One-person households	47.7%
One-parent families	7.9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	11.2%

Age bands

Under 15	11.8526%
15 to 25	11.1056%
25 to 45	29.7311%
45 to 65	28.1375%
65 and over	19.1733%

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.