Dessel 2480

Addresses in Dessel (Turnhout), commune of 27.4 km²: 9,598 people live in this area where there are a lower number of women compared to men (50.1%). The average age is 42 years, the inhabitants are in majority owners (80%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,784€ net per year. The households own about 1.3 cars and is therefore within the Belgian average.

The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 93.1% Belgium
- 3.4% Netherlands
- 0.6% Poland
- 0.5% Romania
- 0.4% Portugal
- 0.3% Bulgaria
- 0.2% Germany
- 1.5% Other

The most common first names for women in Dessel are Maria, Marleen, Anna, Ann and Els and the most common first names for men are Jan, Jozef, Luc, Tom and Marc.

The average number of rooms in Dessel is about 5.9 or less than the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1972 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 13.3% apartment buildings and 86.7% houses.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 60.6% open type houses, farms, castles
- 17.9% semi-closed type houses
- 12.6% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.5% other types of buildings
- 3.5% houses of the closed type
- 1.9% commercial houses

Multiple companies are located in Dessel and work in these fields:
- 39 corporations present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 29 companies active in "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."
- 29 firms in the domain "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 24 companies active in "activities of head offices"
- 23 companies active in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 20 firms in the domain "joinery installation"

In Dessel, you are close to an access to the highway A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)): you will be there in 8 minutes from the centre of Dessel. An access to the highway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can also be reached in 19 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Dessel:
- N18
- N118

Different supermarkets are available: 1 OKay and 1 Delhaize.

For education, the municipality contains 3 nurseries (example: "Duimelot" or "Dol-Fijn Vestiging De Zevensprong"), 4 nursery schools ("Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Kangoeroe" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Meikever"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Go! Basisschool De Zevensprong" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Meikever") but no secondary school.

The bus is at your disposal in Dessel with 5 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 380: Leuven - Boutersem - Tienen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 381: Honsem - Boutersem - Tienen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 390: Aarschot - Tielt - Kapellen - Tienen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 391: Tielt - Waanrode - Hoeleden - Tienen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 470: Snelbus Brussel Noord - Haacht

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Mol", "Balen / Baelen", "Geel", "Lommel", "Turnhout".

Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 1 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Dessel!

In 57 minutes by public transport or 36 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)".

The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Dessel does not seem to offer shared cars.