7556 Postcode — Hengelo, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7556 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: 12,720
Households: 5,900
Average property value: €287,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2.1
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 7556 is

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

People

Residents	12,720
Men	6,405
Women	6,315
Under 15	1,890
15 to 25	1,590
25 to 45	3,515
45 to 65	3,410
65 and over	2,315
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	5,900
Average size	2.1
One-person households	42.7%2,520
Couples without children	1,475
One-parent families	9%530
Two-parent families	1,375

Housing

Homes	5,970
Average property value (WOZ)	€287,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	2,175
Flats and shared buildings	29.8%1,780
Built before 1945	33.3%1,990
Unoccupied	3.2%190

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,328
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.6%1,345

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	29.8%
Built before 1945	33.3%
Unoccupied	3.2%

Households

One-person households	42.7%
One-parent families	9%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	10.6%

Age bands

Under 15	14.8585%
15 to 25	12.5%
25 to 45	27.6336%
45 to 65	26.8082%
65 and over	18.1997%

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.