Essen 2910

Addresses in Essen (Antwerpen / Anvers), as which has 19,038 inhabitants in an area 47.6 km² with more women (50%) than men in this agglomeration. The average age of the inhabitants is about 41 years, they are mainly owners (79%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,257 € net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household either aligned with the country's average.

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 79.2% Belgium
- 17.6% Netherlands
- 0.4% Romania
- 0.4% Morocco
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.1% Germany
- 0.1% Guinea
- 1.8% Other

Jozef, Marc, Jan, Peter and Johannes are the most common first names for men in Essen and Maria, Anna, Rita, Linda and Johanna for women.

The average number of rooms in Essen is about 5.8 or below the Belgian average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1968 with this distribution: 82.2% houses and 17.8% apartment buildings.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 48% open type houses, farms, castles
- 17.4% semi-closed type houses
- 16.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 10.5% houses of the closed type
- 6.4% other types of buildings
- 1.4% commercial houses

Multiple companies are located in Essen and work in these fields:
- 83 companies present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 71 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 68 corporations in the field "activities of head offices"
- 52 companies in the field "joinery installation"
- 49 companies in the field "landscape service activities"
- 45 firms present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"

In Essen, you are close to an access to the highway A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)): you will be there in 26 minutes from the centre of Essen. An access to the highway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can also be reached in 20 minutes.

In Essen, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N117
- N122
- N125
- N133
- N262

Different supermarkets are available: 1 OKay, 1 SPAR, 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 7 nurseries (such as the nursery "Tierlantijn Essen" or "De Molenrakkertjes"), 6 nursery schools ("Go! Basisschool Freinetschool Wonderwereld" or "Vrije Kleuterschool - Mariaberg"), 9 primary schools ("Go! Basisschool Freinetschool Wonderwereld" or "Vrije Basisschool - Vincentius" for example) and 4 secondary schools ("Don Bosco-Mariaberginstituut" or "Sint-Jozefinstituut Aso").

The bus is at your disposal in Essen with 10 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 447: Essen Hoek - Horendonk - Wuustwezel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 670: Essen - Kapellen - Merksem
- Bus De Lijn, Line 674: Stabroek - Wildert - Essen Scholen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 679: Essen - Achterbroek - Wuustwezel - Hoogstraten
- Bus NMBS/SNCB, Line BUS: Tournai -- Mouscron

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Essen", "Essen-Grens", "Wildert", "Roosendaal", "Kalmthout".

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 Essen!

The nearest airport is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)" and is 35 minutes away by car or 54 minutes by public transport.

Shared bikes "Blue-bike" can be rented at the 1 stations available in the commune. Essen does not seem to offer shared cars.