Gent / Gand currently has 46 flats for rent. Monthly rents run from €700 to €4,500, and the average is €1,459. The municipality is home to 262,219 people across 157.7 km². The average age is about 39; 50% of residents own their homes, and average net income is €18,789 per person per year. The population is 85.4% Belgian, 3.9% Bulgarian, 1.5% Turkish, 1.2% Dutch, 0.8% Slovak, 0.5% Afghan, 0.4% Polish and 6.4% other nationalities.
Apartment buildings make up 41% of the dwellings, with houses accounting for 59%. The wider building stock consists of 39.4% buildings and flat blocks, 39.5% closed-type houses, 8.6% open-type houses, farms and castles, 8.5% semi-closed-type houses, 3.3% commercial houses and 0.7% other types. Dwellings have an average of 5.3 rooms, and buildings date on average to around 1939. The A10 / E40 and A14 / E17 motorway accesses are each 4 minutes from the centre. Roads in the municipality include the R4b, R4a, R4, N9 and R40.
The local public transport offer includes 3 tram lines and 67 bus lines with stops in Gent / Gand. De Lijn tram lines 1, 2 and 4 are listed, alongside bus lines 3, 5, 6, 9 and 930. Stations near the centre include Gent-Sint-Pieters / Gand-Saint-Pierre, Gent-Dampoort / Gand-Dampoort, Gentbrugge, Drongen / Tronchiennes and Merelbeke. There are 125 nurseries, 96 nursery schools, 95 primary schools and 88 secondary schools. For groceries, the municipality has 25 Carrefour, 23 Delhaize, 9 Aldi, 6 Louis Delhaize, 6 LIDL, 5 OKay, 5 Colruyt, 4 Albert Heijn, 4 SPAR, 2 Match / Smatch and 1 Bio-Planet.
The municipality has 129 electric vehicle charging stations. Shared transport includes 6 Blue-bike stations and 93 Cambio car-share stations, while households average 0.8 cars. Wevelgem Airport is 31 minutes away by car or 66 minutes by public transport. The current flat-rental listings range from €700 to €4,500 per month, with an average of €1,459 and 46 flats available.