Schilde 2970

Addresses in Schilde (Antwerpen / Anvers), commune of 36.1 km²: 19,652 people live in this area where there are fewer men than women (51.1%). The average age is 45 years, residents are mainly owners (81%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 25,607€. The households own about 1.5 cars or more than the national average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 92.3% Belgium
- 5% Netherlands
- 0.3% Poland
- 0.3% United Kingdom
- 0.2% Germany
- 0.2% France
- 0.1% Spain
- 1.6% Other

In Schilde, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Ann, Ingrid, Charlotte and Marie and for men you will regularly come across Jan, Marc, Paul, Luc and Peter.

The average number of rooms in Schilde is about 6.5 or more than the national average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1971 with this distribution: 84.9% houses and 15.1% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 59.8% open type houses, farms, castles
- 13.8% semi-closed type houses
- 13.8% buildings and flat blocks
- 6.5% other types of buildings
- 4.3% houses of the closed type
- 1.7% commercial houses

The municipality of Schilde has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 398 corporations in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 184 companies present in "activities of head offices"
- 125 firms present in "legal activities"
- 106 companies present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 94 companies in the field "other business support service activities n.e.c."
- 80 corporations in the field "renting and operating of own or leased real estate"

Residents of Schilde benefit from an entrance to the A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)) motorway: it is a 10 minute drive from the centre. The highway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) also has an access that can be reached in 10 minutes.

In Schilde, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N12
- N121

Different supermarkets are available: 2 Carrefour, 2 Delhaize, 1 Louis Delhaize and 1 OKay.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality offers 7 nurseries ("Het Venneke" or "Kideropvangcentrum 'T Wezelke" for example), 6 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - Wonderwijzer" or "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Ludgardis"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Ludgardis" or "Vrije Basisschool - Heilig-Hart") and 2 secondary schools ("Go! Atheneum Schoten" or "Heilig Hart Van Maria-Instituut").

Schilde is served by 9 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 404: Wijnegem - Zandhoven VTI via Halle
- Bus De Lijn, Line 410: Brussel - Tervuren - Leuven
- Bus De Lijn, Line 412: Rosoux - Jeuk - Waremme
- Bus De Lijn, Line 610: Antwerpen - Oelegem
- Bus De Lijn, Line 618: 's-Gravenwezel - Sint-Antonius - Scholen Malle

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Noorderkempen", "Ekeren", "Antwerpen-Noorderdokken / Anvers-Noorderdokken", "Sint-Mariaburg", "Nijlen".

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

The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)". It is 23 minutes by public transport or 15 minutes by car.

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