Addresses in Oostende / Ostende (Oostende / Ostende) where 71,494 inhabitants are distributed over 41 km² with fewer men than women (51%). The average age of the inhabitants is about 46 years, they are in majority owners (54%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,303 € net per year. There is an average of 0.8 cars per household is lower than the national average (1.3).
Citizens come from the following countries:
- 90.5% Belgium
- 1.5% Afghanistan
- 0.9% Netherlands
- 0.8% Romania
- 0.6% Iraq
- 0.4% France
- 0.3% Poland
- 5% Other
The most common first names for women in Oostende / Ostende are Marie, Maria, Rita, Monique and Martine and the most common first names for men are Jean, Marc, Patrick, Luc and Johan.
In Oostende / Ostende, the dwellings have on average 5.1 rooms is lower than the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1960 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 60.3% apartment buildings and 39.7% houses.
The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 58.1% buildings and flat blocks
- 28.5% houses of the closed type
- 5.1% semi-closed type houses
- 4.7% open type houses, farms, castles
- 2.8% commercial houses
- 0.9% other types of buildings
Companies in Oostende / Ostende are located in the following sectors:
- 366 companies present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 250 corporations present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 182 firms active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 137 companies in the field "beverage serving activities"
- 120 firms present in "activities of head offices"
- 119 corporations in the field "renting and operating of own or leased real estate"
Living in Oostende / Ostende, you will not be far from an entrance to the A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) motorway, which is 2 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A18 / E40 motorway (Brugge - Veurne - (Dunkirk, France)) is also accessible in 10 minutes.
These main roads pass through Oostende / Ostende:
- N9
- R31
- N33
- N34
- N318
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 6 Carrefour, 3 Delhaize, 2 Louis Delhaize, 2 SPAR, 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Match / Smatch and 1 Colruyt.
As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 18 nurseries (for example: the nursery "'T Groeiboompje" or also "Kinderdagverblijf 'T Zeepaardje"), 23 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool" or "Go! Basisschool Freinetschool De Zonnebloem"), 25 primary schools ("Go! Basisschool August Vermeylen" or "Vrije Basisschool - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege Mariakerke-Lijsterbeslaan" for example) and 30 secondary schools ("Go! Atheneum Oostende" or "Go! Atlas Atheneum Gistel").
You will find 1 lines of tram different lines that stop in Oostende / Ostende:
- Tram De Lijn, line 0 : Kusttram De Panne-Oostende-Knokke
The bus is at your disposal in Oostende / Ostende with 27 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 1: Hasselt - Genk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 5: Hasselt - Nieuwerkerken - Sint-Truiden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 50: Kortrijk - Kuurne Pius X-kerk - Seizoenwijk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 51: Hasselt - Stokrooie - Zolder - Heusden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 6: Wijgmaal - Leuven - Neervelp - Hoegaarden
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Oostende / Ostende", "Blankenberge", "Brugge-Sint-Pieters / Bruges-Saint-Pierre", "Lissewege", "Zedelgem".
Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 11 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Oostende / Ostende!
In 11 minutes by public transport or 7 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Ostend-Bruges International Airport".
It is possible to rent a bicycle "Blue-bike" through the 1 stations available in the municipality. You will find 9 stations "Cambio" in the commune.
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