Addresses in Sint-Gillis-Waas (Sint-Niklaas / Saint-Nicolas), a municipality of 55.5 km² in which 19,370 people reside with fewer men than women (50.3%). The inhabitants are mostly owners (77%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 42 years and their average income is 20,333€ net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household and is therefore within the Belgian average.
The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 94.7% Belgium
- 1.8% Netherlands
- 0.7% Poland
- 0.3% Romania
- 0.3% Afghanistan
- 0.2% Turkey
- 0.2% Bulgaria
- 1.8% Other
Maria, Rita, Ann, Hilde and Els are the first names you will come across the most in Sint-Gillis-Waas for men and Marc, Luc, Patrick, Dirk and Peter for women.
On average, the homes you come across in Sint-Gillis-Waas will have 5.6 rooms is lower than the national average (6). The average year of construction of the buildings is 1964 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 88% houses and 12% apartment buildings.
There are buildings distributed as follows:
- 35.8% open type houses, farms, castles
- 29.6% semi-closed type houses
- 17.8% houses of the closed type
- 11.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 3.2% other types of buildings
- 2.3% commercial houses
Multiple companies are located in Sint-Gillis-Waas and work in these fields:
- 91 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 90 companies active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 76 corporations active in "mixed farming"
- 53 companies in the field "joinery installation"
- 49 firms active in "landscape service activities"
- 47 firms present in "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
Living in Sint-Gillis-Waas, you will not be far from an entrance to the A11 / E34 (Antwerpen - Zelzate) motorway, which is 5 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A14 / E17 motorway (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) is also accessible in 11 minutes.
You will have easy access to the following roads in Sint-Gillis-Waas:
- N403
- N691
Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 Match / Smatch, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt.
For education, the municipality contains 10 nurseries (example: "Kinderopvang Stoetel" or "Dolle Pret"), 9 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool - De Hoge Geest" or "Go! Basisschool De Zonnewijzer"), 11 primary schools (e.g. school "Vrije Basisschool - De Klimop" or "Gemeentelijke Lagere School") but no secondary school.
The bus is at your disposal in Sint-Gillis-Waas with 14 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 21: Jeuk - Montenaken
- Bus De Lijn, Line 22: UZA - Valaar - Groenplaats
- Bus De Lijn, Line 240: Brussel - Wemmel
- Bus De Lijn, Line 27: Tongeren - Heers
- Bus De Lijn, Line 41: Sint-Truiden - Jeuk
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Sint-Niklaas / Saint-Nicolas", "Nieuwkerken-Waas", "Belsele", "Sinaai", "Beveren".
Within the perimeter of Sint-Gillis-Waas, you will find 1 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.
In 40 minutes by public transport or 26 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)".
It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Sint-Gillis-Waas does not seem to offer shared cars.
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