Torhout 8820

Addresses in Torhout (Brugge / Bruges) where 20,463 inhabitants are distributed over 45.3 km² with a higher proportion of men (50.1%) than women in this municipality. The average age of the inhabitants is about 43 years, they are mainly owners (73%) in their homes and have an average per capita income of 18,904 € net per year. Households have on average 1.2 cars is lower than the national average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 96.4% Belgium
- 1% Poland
- 0.7% Romania
- 0.3% Iraq
- 0.3% Netherlands
- 0.2% Afghanistan
- 0.1% France
- 1.1% Other

Geert, Dirk, Luc, Johan and Marc are the most common first names for men in Torhout and Maria, Rita, Marleen, Marie and Martine for women.

The average number of rooms in Torhout is about 5.6 or below the Belgian average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1963 with this distribution: 82% houses and 18% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 42.1% open type houses, farms, castles
- 23.3% semi-closed type houses
- 17.3% buildings and flat blocks
- 13% houses of the closed type
- 2.7% commercial houses
- 1.6% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Torhout and work in these fields:
- 107 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 90 companies present in "mixed farming"
- 71 companies in the field "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 67 corporations active in "electrical installation"
- 65 corporations active in "landscape service activities"
- 59 corporations active in "joinery installation"

In Torhout, you are close to an access to the highway A17 / E403 (Brugge - Kortrijk - Tournai): you will be there in 5 minutes from the centre of Torhout. An access to the highway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) can also be reached in 13 minutes.

In Torhout, you will also have access to these main roads:
- N32
- N33
- R34
- N35

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

As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 12 nurseries (example: "Bollie En Billie" or "De Kikker 7"), 8 nursery schools ("Go! Basisschool Eureka" or "Vrije Basisschool Oefenschool Torhout"), 9 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool Oefenschool Torhout" or "Vrije Basisschool-Driekoningen" for example) and 18 secondary schools ("Go! Atheneum Eureka" or "Go! Middenschool Brugge-Centrum").

10 different lines of bus have a stop in the commune of Torhout like the following lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 47: Genk - Zonhoven - Halveweg - Houthalen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 51: Hasselt - Stokrooie - Zolder - Heusden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 74: Tongeren - Liège
- Bus De Lijn, Line 78: Zevergem - De Pinte - Gent - Lochristi - Lokeren
- Bus De Lijn, Line 79: Belbusgebied Torhout

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Torhout", "Lichtervelde", "Kortemark", "Zedelgem", "Roeselare / Roulers".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

In 40 minutes by public transport or 25 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Ostend-Bruges International Airport".

A bicycle "Blue-bike" can be rented through one of the 1 available stations. You don't need to own your own car but have an occasional need? No worries, your commune has 2 stations "Cambio" !