Middelkerke 8430

Addresses in Middelkerke (Oostende / Ostende) where 19,336 inhabitants are distributed over 78.8 km² with a higher proportion of women (50.3%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 50 years, the inhabitants are mostly owners (67%) of their dwelling and have an average per capita income of 18,759€ net per year. Households have on average 0.9 cars is lower than the national average (1.3).

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 97% Belgium
- 0.5% Netherlands
- 0.3% France
- 0.3% Romania
- 0.2% Poland
- 0.2% Italy
- 0.1% Germany
- 1.5% Other

Marie, Maria, Rita, Martine and Monique are the first names you will come across the most in Middelkerke for men and Marc, Patrick, Luc, Jean and Dirk for women.

In general, the accommodation you will find in Middelkerke has 4.9 rooms or less than the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1972 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 25.3% houses and 74.7% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 58.7% buildings and flat blocks
- 20.4% other types of buildings
- 7.9% open type houses, farms, castles
- 6.5% houses of the closed type
- 5.4% semi-closed type houses
- 1.1% commercial houses

Multiple companies are located in Middelkerke and work in these fields:
- 156 companies in the field "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 115 companies active in "mixed farming"
- 67 firms active in "real estate agencies"
- 65 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 55 firms active in "beverage serving activities"
- 46 corporations active in "development of building projects"

Living in Middelkerke, you will not be far from an entrance to the A18 / E40 (Brugge - Veurne - (Dunkirk, France)) motorway, which is 7 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A10 / E40 motorway (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) is also accessible in 11 minutes.

In Middelkerke, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N33
- N34
- N302
- N302a
- N318

The following shops are located in the town: 2 SPAR, 2 Delhaize, 1 OKay, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 2 nurseries (such as the nursery "Nadine" or "Groepsopvang De Kastaar"), 9 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool Sint-Jozef" or "Vrije Basisschool"), 10 primary schools (e.g. school "Vrije Basisschool Sint-Jozef" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Middelkerke 1") but no secondary school.

You will find 1 lines of tram different lines that stop in Middelkerke:
- Tram De Lijn, line 0 : Kusttram De Panne-Oostende-Knokke

7 lines of bus passing through Middelkerke, here is an overview of the possibilities:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 39: Tongeren - Val-Meer - Kanne - Vroenhoven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 51: Hasselt - Stokrooie - Zolder - Heusden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 53: Berchem Station - Hove - Duffel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 68: Bocholt - Houthalen - Antwerpen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 69: Waarschoot - Gent Zuid

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Oostende / Ostende", "Veurne / Furnes", "Koksijde / Coxyde", "Diksmuide / Dixmude", "De Panne / La Panne".

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 Middelkerke!

In 5 minutes by car or 8 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Ostend-Bruges International Airport.

It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Middelkerke has no shared cars on its territory.