Nieuwerkerken 3850

Addresses in Nieuwerkerken (Hasselt), a municipality of 22.5 km² in which 6,947 people reside with a higher proportion of women (50.9%) than men in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 43 years, they are majority ownership (85%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,822 € net per year. The households own about 1.4 cars or more than the national average (1.3).

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 96.2% Belgium
- 0.9% Poland
- 0.6% Netherlands
- 0.5% India
- 0.4% Romania
- 0.1% Italy
- 0.1% Bulgaria
- 1% Other

In Nieuwerkerken, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Martine, Marina and Els and for men you will regularly come across Joseph, Marc, Peter, Bart and Luc.

In Nieuwerkerken, the dwellings have on average 6.6 rooms is higher than the Belgian average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1967 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 94% houses and 6% apartment buildings.

There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 60.3% open type houses, farms, castles
- 27.8% semi-closed type houses
- 5.8% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.3% houses of the closed type
- 2% commercial houses
- 0.7% other types of buildings

The municipality of Nieuwerkerken has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 59 companies present in "growing of pome fruits and stone fruits"
- 35 corporations active in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 31 corporations active in "landscape service activities"
- 25 firms present in "joinery installation"
- 23 firms in the domain "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 20 companies in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"

The motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) is easily accessible to the residents of Nieuwerkerken: 16 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A2 / E314 motorway. (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) to 15 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Nieuwerkerken:
- N716

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 SPAR and 1 Delhaize.

For education, the municipality has 3 nurseries (for example: the nursery "'T Pagadderke" or also "Sica En Nena"), 5 nursery schools ("Go! Basisschool Leefschool De Wonderwijzer" or "Gemeentelijke Kleuterschool - Goudhaantje"), 4 primary schools ("Go! Basisschool Leefschool De Wonderwijzer" or "Vrije Basisschool - Kozen- Wijer" for example) but no secondary school.

6 lines from bus with a stop in Nieuwerkerken, you will find an overview of the lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 105: Hasselt - Stevoort - Sint-Truiden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 21a: Hasselt - Sint-Truiden - Landen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 30: Waterpoort - Berchem Station - Sint-Jansplein
- Bus De Lijn, Line 5: Hasselt - Nieuwerkerken - Sint-Truiden
- Bus De Lijn, Line S2: Kortenbos-Zepperen-St-Truiden-Nieuwerkerken-Kozen

Here is the choice in the available stations: "Sint-Truiden / Saint-Trond", "Alken", "Schulen", "Hasselt", "Kiewit".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 172 minutes by public transport or 39 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Liège Airport".

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