Rental houses are a small part of the current Ternat market: 1 house is listed for rent, at €1,650 per month. For comparison, 14 houses are for sale, with an average price of €432,500 and asking prices from €169,000 to €770,000. The municipality has 15,746 inhabitants spread over 24.7 km². The average age is 42, and 78% of residents own their homes. Average net income is €22,146 per person per year. The population is 50.7% women; nationality figures are 94% Belgian, 1.5% Romanian, 0.8% Polish, 0.5% Italian, 0.4% Congolese, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Spanish and 2.2% other. Houses account for 89.4% of dwellings, against 10.6% for apartment buildings. Building types include 35% semi-detached houses, 32.5% detached houses, farms or castles, 18.8% terraced houses, 10.2% buildings and blocks of flats, 1.9% commercial houses and 1.6% other buildings. Homes average 6 rooms; buildings date from around 1960.
The N208 and N285 are accessible in Ternat. From the town centre, the A10/E40 entrance is 2 minutes away by car, and the R0 entrance is 8 minutes away. The A10/E40 connects the Brussels, Aalst, Ghent, Bruges and Ostend route. Households have an average of 1.3 cars, in line with the national average. Bus connections include De Lijn 116 from Brussels through Itterbeek to Ternat, 127 between Brussels and Ninove via the villages, 165 between Leerbeek, Ternat and Asse, 213 from Brussels via Asse and Ternat to Teralfene and Aalst, and 355 between Brussels North, Ternat and Liedekerke. The nearest stations to the centre are Ternat, Sint-Martens-Bodegem, Dilbeek, Asse and Essene-Lombeek. No metro or tram route is specified.
Ternat has 2 nurseries, 6 nursery schools, 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Named childcare and school options include Zonnetje Ternat, Zonnetje Sint-Katharina-Lombeek, Vrije Basisschool De Droomgaard 2, Vrije Basisschool - De Brug, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Kiem, Sint-Jozefsinstituut and Katholiek Secundair Onderwijs Ternat - Sint-Angela. Grocery shopping includes 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 OKay, 1 Aldi, 1 Lidl and 1 Delhaize. Brussels Airport is 20 minutes away by car, or 91 minutes by public transport.
There are no shared cars or shared bicycles in the municipality, and no known charging station. Ternat’s business activity includes 78 firms in business and other management consultancy, 56 in hairdressing and other beauty treatment, 53 in head-office activities, 43 in computer consultancy, 42 in residential and non-residential construction, and 33 in restaurants and mobile food service. The housing stock is mainly houses, and the current rental listing is a house priced at €1,650 per month.