Zele 9240

Addresses in Zele (Dendermonde / Termonde), a municipality of 33.3 km² in which 21,125 people reside with a higher proportion of women (50.4%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 41 years, residents are in majority owners (71%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 17,920€. The households own about 1.2 cars or below the Belgian average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 91.7% Belgium
- 2.6% Turkey
- 1.5% Bulgaria
- 0.9% Poland
- 0.9% Netherlands
- 0.6% Romania
- 0.4% Morocco
- 1.3% Other

In Zele, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Rita, Marleen and Martine and for men you will regularly come across Marc, Luc, Peter, Dirk and Paul.

In Zele, the dwellings have on average 5.7 rooms or less than the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1958 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 16% apartment buildings and 84% houses.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 30.9% semi-closed type houses
- 30.6% houses of the closed type
- 20.1% open type houses, farms, castles
- 15.6% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.5% commercial houses
- 0.4% other types of buildings

Multiple companies are located in Zele and work in these fields:
- 73 companies in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 55 companies in the field "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 54 firms active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 50 companies active in "mixed farming"
- 48 firms active in "activities of head offices"
- 46 companies present in "joinery installation"

Residents of Zele benefit from an entrance to the A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorway: it is a 3 minute drive from the centre. The highway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) also has an access that can be reached in 23 minutes.

You will have easy access to the following roads in Zele:
- N47
- N445

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality offers 6 nurseries ("Partena Kinderopvang - Ziegezoem" or "'T Bavetje" for example), 10 nursery schools ("Vrije Kleuterschool De Kleuter Kouter" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool"), 10 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool De Kouter-Basis Zele" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Vlinderboom") and 4 secondary schools ("Olvi-Pius X Collegestraat" or "Olvi-Pius X Kapellestraat").

Zele is served by 5 lines of bus including these lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 290: Boom - Niel - Antwerpen
- Bus De Lijn, Line 355: Brussel Noord - Ternat - Liedekerke
- Bus De Lijn, Line 36: St.-Jansplein - Linkeroever
- Bus De Lijn, Line 68: Bocholt - Houthalen - Antwerpen
- Bus NMBS/SNCB, Line BUS: Tournai -- Mouscron

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Zele", "Lokeren", "Oudegem", "Dendermonde / Termonde", "Schoonaarde".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The nearest airport is "Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)" and is 29 minutes away by car or 45 minutes by public transport.

It is possible to rent a bicycle "Blue-bike" through the 1 stations available in the municipality. Zele has no shared cars at the moment.