The rental choice for houses in Wetteren is currently 1 property, listed at €1,190 per month. Wetteren covers 37 km² and has 25,815 inhabitants, with an average age of about 42. Home ownership stands at 67%, average net income per person is €19,590 a year, and women account for 51% of residents. The population by nationality is 93% Belgian, 1% Polish, 0.8% Dutch, 0.7% Bulgarian, 0.4% Turkish, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% Iraqi and 3.4% other. Homes average 5.6 rooms, below the national average of 6, and buildings have an average age of around 1954. The housing stock is made up of 76.9% houses and 23.1% apartment buildings. By building type, 30.1% are closed-type houses, 22.2% open-type houses, farms and castles, 21.9% buildings and flat blocks, 20.5% semi-closed-type houses, 2.8% commercial houses and 2.5% other types.
The A10/E40 motorway entrance is 6 minutes by car from Wetteren centre, and the A14/E17 entrance is 11 minutes away. Roads through the area include the N9, N42, N400a, N400 and N407. There are 13 bus lines serving Wetteren, including the listed De Lijn routes 130, 27, 28, 46 and 96. Nearby stations are Wetteren, Schellebelle, Kwatrecht / Quatrecht, Serskamp and Wichelen. The municipality has 10 nurseries and 10 nursery schools, as well as 9 primary schools and 15 secondary schools. Examples include Baby-Jungle Groep: De Olifantjes, De Speelboom, Go! Basisschool Campus Kompas, Vrije Kleuterschool - De Spelewei, Vrije Basisschool, Go! Basisschool De 2 Meersen, Mariagaard and Scheppersinstituut 1.
Grocery shopping options include 2 SPAR supermarkets, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt. There are 3 Cambio stations for car sharing and 6 EV charging stations. No shared bicycle stations are listed in the municipality. Brussels Airport is 38 minutes away by car and 84 minutes by public transport. Households average 1.1 cars, compared with the national average of 1.3. The municipality’s company sectors include hairdressing and other beauty treatment, restaurants and mobile food service activities, business and management consultancy, electrical installation, landscape services and computer consultancy.