There are 4 flats for rent in Ninove. Monthly rents range from €780 to €950, with an average of €874. For comparison, 14 flats are currently for sale, at an average price of €293,496 and within a range of €169,000 to €869,000. Apartment buildings account for 20.9% of the town’s housing stock; houses make up 79.1%. The average home has 5.6 rooms, and the average construction year is 1955. Across all building types, 20.1% are buildings and flat blocks, 29.8% closed-type houses, 23.5% semi-closed houses, 22.8% open-type houses, farms and castles, 2.8% commercial houses and 0.9% other types.
A total of 38,911 residents live across Ninove’s 73.1 km². The average age is 42, and women account for 51% of the population. Home ownership stands at 73%, and average annual net income per person is €19,231. The population is 94% Belgian, 1.1% Romanian, 0.7% Dutch, 0.6% Congolese, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Moroccan and 2.5% other nationalities. Supermarkets in town include 2 SPAR, 2 Aldi, 2 Carrefour, 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Lidl, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
The main listed roads are the N8, N8b, N28, N45 and N207. By car from the centre, the A10/E40 towards Brussels, Aalst, Ghent, Bruges and Ostend is 9 minutes away; the A8/E429-E42 towards Halle and Tournai takes 21 minutes to reach. Bus services include De Lijn 127 and 128 to Brussels, 153 linking Anderlecht, Drogenbos, Halle and Ninove, 162 between Leerbeek, Vollezele and Ninove, and the 330 Belbus between Ninove and Haaltert. The nearest stations are Ninove, Eichem, Okegem, Appelterre and Iddergem. Brussels Airport is 31 minutes away by car or 103 minutes by public transport.
Ninove has 10 nurseries, 14 nursery schools, 13 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. Examples named in the municipality include Kdv Schanulleke 2 and Tito'S, Stedelijke Basisschool - Nederhasselt-Voorde, Vrije Basisschool - Hartencollege Basisonderwijs Meerbeke, and Hartencollege Secundair Onderwijs at Weggevoerdenstraat and Onderwijslaan. For lower-emission travel, the municipality has 3 electric vehicle charging stations and 1 Blue-bike station. There is no shared-car service in Ninove.