7557 Postcode — Hengelo, Overijssel

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 7557 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: 10,720
Households: 5,215
Average property value: €266,000
Owner-occupied: 50%
Average household size: 2
Urbanity: Very strongly urban

Where 7557 is

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

People

Residents	10,720
Men	5,475
Women	5,240
Under 15	1,520
15 to 25	1,450
25 to 45	3,150
45 to 65	2,680
65 and over	1,920
Born abroad, in Europe	0%
Born abroad, outside Europe	20%

Households

Households	5,215
Average size	2
One-person households	45.3%2,365
Couples without children	1,270
One-parent families	9.1%475
Two-parent families	1,110

Housing

Homes	5,390
Average property value (WOZ)	€266,000
Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Housing-association homes	2,265
Flats and shared buildings	44.1%2,375
Built before 1945	20.8%1,120
Unoccupied	5.2%280

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,532
Urbanity	Very strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.6%1,350

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	50%
Rented	50%
Flats and shared buildings	44.1%
Built before 1945	20.8%
Unoccupied	5.2%

Households

One-person households	45.3%
One-parent families	9.1%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	12.6%

Age bands

Under 15	14.1791%
15 to 25	13.5261%
25 to 45	29.3843%
45 to 65	25%
65 and over	17.9104%

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.