Bornem has 21,366 inhabitants across 46.2 km². The average age is about 44, and 50.7% of residents are women. Home ownership stands at 76%, while average net income per person is €21,659 a year. The population is 96.9% Belgian, 0.9% Dutch, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Afghan, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Italian and 1.4% other nationalities. There are 7 houses for sale, priced from €299,000 to €692,255; the stated average house sale price is €444,036.
Houses make up 78.8% of Bornem’s building stock, compared with 21.2% apartment buildings. The average building dates from around 1962, and homes have an average of 5.7 rooms. Building types include 25.9% open-type houses, farms and castles, 25.7% closed-type houses, 21.8% semi-closed houses, 19.8% buildings and apartment blocks, 5.1% other types and 1.8% commercial houses. These are figures for the building stock, not the homes currently listed for sale.
The A12, linking Brussels, Boom and Antwerp, is about a 7-minute drive from Bornem; access to the A14/E17 towards Antwerp, Sint-Niklaas, Ghent and Kortrijk takes about 9 minutes from the centre. Bus services include De Lijn lines 252 between Boom, Puurs, Bornem and Dendermonde, and 257 between Boom, Bornem and Dendermonde, as well as the Belbus Klein-Brabant on line 938. The listed services also include De Lijn line 98 and an NMBS/SNCB bus service between Tournai and Mouscron. The nearest stations to the centre are Bornem, Puurs, Temse, Ruisbroek-Sauvegarde and Niel.
For families, Bornem has 4 nurseries, 10 nursery schools, 8 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. Named examples include Zonnekemaan and Kabouterland nurseries, Go! Basisschool De Linde and Vrije Basisschool - Huveneersschool, and Go! Atheneum Klein-Brabant and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Presentatie. Supermarkets include 1 SPAR, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt. There are 2 electric-vehicle charging stations, but no shared bicycles or shared cars. Antwerp International Airport in Deurne is 25 minutes away by car or 64 minutes by public transport.