Grobbendonk has 11,155 residents across 28.4 km², and the average age is about 44. Men make up 50.1% of the population, and 79% of residents own their homes. Average net income per person is €20,805 a year. The reported nationalities are 96.4% Belgian, 1.4% Dutch, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Bulgarian, 0.1% Spanish and 1.1% other. Households own an average of 1.4 cars.
The housing stock is made up of 86% houses and 14% apartment buildings. Homes average 5.6 rooms, and buildings date from around 1970. By building type, 54% are detached houses, farms or castles, 20.5% semi-detached houses, 13% buildings and apartment blocks, 5.6% other types, 5.4% terraced houses and 1.5% commercial houses. There are currently 18 houses for sale in Grobbendonk. The average asking price is €548,485, with listed prices ranging from €275,000 to €995,846.
The N13 is among the roads serving the municipality. The A13/E313, on the Antwerpen–Hasselt–Liège route, can be reached in a 4-minute drive from the centre; access to the A21/E34 towards Antwerpen, Turnhout and Eindhoven is an 11-minute drive. De Lijn bus services include lines 150, 152, 420, 427 and 943. The nearest stations to the centre are Bouwel, Wolfstee, Nijlen, Herentals and Kessel. No metro or tram service is listed among the transport information provided.
For households with children, Grobbendonk has 1 nursery, Kokodil, 6 nursery schools and 5 primary schools; there is no secondary school. Shops include 1 OKay, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize. The municipality has 1 Blue-bike station, no shared-car service and 1 electric-vehicle charging station. Antwerp International Airport in Deurne is 22 minutes away by car or 48 minutes by public transport. These local details sit alongside a housing market where detached and semi-detached homes form substantial parts of the building stock, while the current listings cover a broad range of house prices.