Lebbeke currently has no flats listed for rent. Its apartment-for-sale market has 10 listings, priced from €135,000 to €365,000, with an average price of €218,600. The municipality has 19,321 inhabitants within 27.4 km². The average age is about 41; 50.7% of residents are women, and 77% own their homes. Average net income per person is €19,731 a year. Residents’ nationalities are 96.2% Belgian, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.5% Polish, 0.3% Moroccan, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Bulgarian and 1.6% other.
Apartment buildings make up 16.9% of Lebbeke’s housing stock, compared with 83.1% houses. The average building age is around 1957, and homes average 5.7 rooms. Across all building types, 16.2% are buildings and flat blocks, 32.3% closed-type houses, 28.5% semi-closed houses, 18.9% open-type houses, farms or castles, 2.5% commercial houses and 1.5% other types. The N41 and N47 run through the municipality. By car, the A14 / E17 entrance is 14 minutes from the centre, while the A10 / E40 entrance is 17 minutes away.
Bus routes serving Lebbeke include De Lijn lines 23, 24, 26 and 91, plus the 320 Belbus between Lebbeke and Buggenhout. Stations near the centre are Lebbeke, Heizijde, Sint-Gillis / Saint-Gilles-Lez-Termonde, Baasrode-Zuid / Baesrode-Sud and Dendermonde / Termonde. The municipality has 8 nurseries, 7 nursery schools and 9 primary schools. Named examples are Kinderopvang 'T Belleke, 'T Kwakkeltje, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Puzzel and Vrije Basisschool Lebbeke B. There is no secondary school in Lebbeke.
The supermarket choice includes 2 Delhaize branches, 1 Aldi, 1 Lidl, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt. For electric vehicles, there is 1 charging station; no shared-bike or shared-car service is currently available. Brussels Airport is 32 minutes away by car and 84 minutes by public transport. Lebbeke’s local businesses include companies in hairdressing, management consultancy, electrical installation, restaurants and mobile food service, joinery installation and computer consultancy.