Addresses in Gooik (Halle-Vilvoorde / Hal-Vilvorde), commune of 40.2 km²: 9,170 people live in this area where there are fewer men than women (50.7%). The inhabitants are mostly owners (80%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 43 years and their average income is 22,106€ net per year. There is an average of 1.4 cars per household and is therefore above the average in Belgium (1.3).
The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 96.9% Belgium
- 0.4% Netherlands
- 0.3% Romania
- 0.3% France
- 0.3% Italy
- 0.2% Poland
- 0.2% Portugal
- 1.5% Other
In Gooik, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Marleen, Martine and Hilde and for men you will regularly come across Luc, Patrick, Jean, Marc and Willy.
In Gooik, the dwellings have on average 6.1 rooms is higher than the Belgian average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1954 with this distribution: 93% houses and 7% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 48.3% open type houses, farms, castles
- 25.2% semi-closed type houses
- 12.9% houses of the closed type
- 6.5% buildings and flat blocks
- 4.9% other types of buildings
- 2.1% commercial houses
Companies in Gooik are located in the following sectors:
- 72 companies in the field "mixed farming"
- 69 firms in the domain "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 43 firms active in "landscape service activities"
- 36 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 33 corporations present in "electrical installation"
- 30 companies in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
The motorway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) is easily accessible to the residents of Gooik: 13 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A8 / E429 - E42 motorway. (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) to 19 minutes.
These main roads pass through Gooik:
- N28
- N272
- N285
Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 Louis Delhaize and 1 Delhaize.
In terms of children's facilities, the municipality contains 5 nurseries (example: "Tutters & Bellen" or "Zonnetje Gooik"), 5 nursery schools ("Gemeentelijke Sportbasisschool De Oester" or "Gemeentelijke Kleuterschool Het Nestje"), 5 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool - De Bron" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Bron" for example) but no secondary school.
You will find 14 lines of bus different lines that stop in Gooik:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 141: Leerbeek - Lennik - Brussel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 144: Leerbeek - St.P.Leeuw - Brussel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 153: Anderlecht - Drogenbos- Halle - Ninove
- Bus De Lijn, Line 161: Leerbeek - Geraardsbergen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 162: Leerbeek - Vollezele - Ninove
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Ninove", "Okegem", "Eichem", "Iddergem", "Appelterre".
There is no known charging station in the municipality.
The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Brussels Airport". It is 47 minutes by public transport or 30 minutes by car.
The commune has no shared bicycles in its territory at the moment. Gooik does not offer shared cars.
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