Apartment buildings make up 60.3% of dwellings in Oostende, while houses account for 39.7%. The municipality covers 41 km² and has 71,494 residents, with an average age of 46. Home ownership stands at 54%, average annual net income per person is €18,303, and households have 0.8 cars on average. Nationalities are 90.5% Belgian, 1.5% Afghan, 0.9% Dutch, 0.8% Romanian, 0.6% Iraqi, 0.4% French, 0.3% Polish and 5% other. Women represent 51% of the population.
The average dwelling has 5.1 rooms, and buildings were generally built around 1960. By building type, 58.1% are buildings and flat blocks, 28.5% closed-type houses, 5.1% semi-closed houses, 4.7% open-type houses, farms and castles, 2.8% commercial houses and 0.9% other buildings. There are 297 flats for sale. Their average price is €290,646, with listings ranging from €95,000 to €1,340,000.
For road access, the A10/E40 entrance is 2 minutes by car from the centre, on the route linking Brussels, Aalst, Ghent, Bruges and Oostende. The A18/E40 entrance, towards Bruges and Veurne and onward to Dunkirk, is accessible in 10 minutes. Main roads in the municipality include the N9, R31, N33, N34 and N318. The De Lijn Kusttram line 0 runs between De Panne, Oostende and Knokke. Oostende is also served by 27 bus lines; examples listed are lines 1, 5, 50, 51 and 6. The nearest stations to the centre are Oostende, Blankenberge, Brugge-Sint-Pieters, Lissewege and Zedelgem.
There are 19 nurseries, 23 nursery schools, 25 primary schools and 30 secondary schools in the municipality. Named options include De Speelboom Oostende-Centrum, Kinderdagverblijf Zó Groot, Vrije Basisschool - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege Mariakerke-Rozenlaan, Go! Basisschool August Vermeylen, Go! Basisschool De Puzzel, Vrije Basisschool, Go! Atheneum Oostende and Go! Atlas Atheneum Gistel. Grocery and supermarket choices include 6 Carrefour, 3 Delhaize, 2 Louis Delhaize, 2 Match / Smatch, 2 SPAR, 1 Albert Heijn and 1 Colruyt. Shared mobility includes 1 Blue-bike station and 10 Cambio stations; there are also 11 electric-vehicle charging stations. Ostend-Bruges International Airport can be reached in 7 minutes by car or 23 minutes by public transport.
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