The apartment market in Dessel currently consists of 1 flat for sale, listed at €169,900; the average, lowest and highest listed prices are all €169,900. Dessel is a 27.4 km² municipality with 9,598 residents. The average age is about 42, and home ownership stands at 80%. Average net income is €18,784 per person annually. Residents are 50.1% men, while the population’s nationalities are 93.1% Belgian, 3.4% Dutch, 0.6% Polish, 0.5% Romanian, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% Bulgarian, 0.2% German and 1.5% other.
Apartments sit within a housing stock where apartment buildings account for 13.3% of dwellings, while houses make up 86.7%. The building breakdown is 12.6% buildings and flat blocks, 60.6% open-type houses, farms or castles, 17.9% semi-detached houses, 3.5% closed-type houses, 1.9% commercial houses and 3.5% other types. The average home has 5.9 rooms, and buildings date from around 1972 on average. Road connections include the N18 and N118. From central Dessel, the A21/E34 towards Antwerpen, Turnhout and Eindhoven is 8 minutes away by car; the A13/E313 towards Antwerpen, Hasselt and Liège can be reached in 19 minutes.
Five De Lijn bus lines have stops in Dessel: 380 Leuven–Boutersem–Tienen, 381 Honsem–Boutersem–Tienen, 390 Aarschot–Tielt–Kapellen–Tienen, 391 Tielt–Waanrode–Hoeleden–Tienen and 470 Snelbus Brussel Noord–Haacht. The nearest stations to the centre are Mol, Balen/Baelen, Geel, Lommel and Turnhout. Families have 3 nurseries, among them ’T Vlinderhofke and Duimelot, as well as 4 nursery schools and 5 primary schools. Examples include Vrije Basisschool - Weg-Wijzer, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Meikever and Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Kangoeroe. There is no secondary school in the municipality. Grocery shopping options include 1 OKay and 1 Delhaize.
Dessel has 1 EV charging station, but no shared-bike scheme or shared cars. The average number of cars is 1.3 per household. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 39 minutes away by car and 111 minutes by public transport. For anyone looking at the current apartment listing, the asking price is €169,900. The wider local housing mix remains predominantly houses, with apartments forming 13.3% of the housing stock.
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