Lochristi 9080

Addresses in Lochristi (Gent / Gand), commune of 60.7 km²: 22,489 people live in this area where there are more women (50.6%) than men in this agglomeration. The inhabitants are in majority owners (73%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 42 years and their average income is 21,885€ net per year. The households own about 1.4 cars either above the country's average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 96.7% Belgium
- 0.6% Bulgaria
- 0.6% Poland
- 0.6% Netherlands
- 0.1% Turkey
- 0.1% France
- 0.1% Romania
- 1.1% Other

The most common first names for women in Lochristi are Marie, Maria, Marleen, Rita and Martine and the most common first names for men are Marc, Luc, Dirk, Peter and Patrick.

On average, the homes you come across in Lochristi will have 6 rooms either aligned with the country's average. The average year of construction of the buildings is 1968 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 90.3% houses and 9.7% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 55% open type houses, farms, castles
- 23.1% semi-closed type houses
- 9.7% houses of the closed type
- 9.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 1.7% commercial houses
- 1% other types of buildings

Companies in Lochristi are located in the following sectors:
- 133 companies in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 124 firms present in "growing of other non-perennial crops"
- 110 firms in the domain "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 102 corporations present in "growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds"
- 59 corporations active in "landscape service activities"
- 56 companies present in "electrical installation"

Residents of Lochristi benefit from an entrance to the A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorway: it is a 6 minute drive from the centre. The highway A11 / E34 (Antwerpen - Zelzate) also has an access that can be reached in 14 minutes.

These main roads pass through Lochristi:
- N70
- N445
- N449

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 2 Delhaize, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Colruyt.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 10 nurseries (example: "Bv De Kameraadjes" or "Liliputterkes"), 9 nursery schools ("Go! Basisschool Leefschool Eikenkring Lochristi" or "Vrije Basisschool - Sint- Elooischool"), 7 primary schools (examples: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Sprankel") and a secondary school ("Edugo Campus De Toren").

The bus is at your disposal in Lochristi with 10 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 175: Belbus Oostakker
- Bus De Lijn, Line 35: Hasselt - Zonhoven - Boxbergheide - Genk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 76: De Pinte - Gent - Lochristi - Wachtebeke
- Bus De Lijn, Line 77: Deinze - Gent - Lochristi - Beervelde
- Bus De Lijn, Line 78: Zevergem - De Pinte - Gent - Lochristi - Lokeren

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Beervelde", "Wondelgem", "Gent-Dampoort / Gand-Dampoort", "Gentbrugge", "Evergem".

Within the perimeter of Lochristi, you will find 2 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.

The nearest airport is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)" and is 41 minutes away by car or 63 minutes by public transport.

We are not aware of the existence of shared bicycles in this commune. Lochristi does not seem to offer shared cars.