Hulshout has 10,424 inhabitants across 17.4 km². The average age is 43, and 78% of residents own their home. Average annual net income per person is €20,346. The population is 50.2% men; by nationality, 97.8% are Belgian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Irish and 0.9% other. The municipality has 11 houses for sale, with an average asking price of €540,364. Current listings range from €199,000 to €1,675,000.
Houses make up 84.1% of Hulshout’s dwellings, while apartment buildings account for 15.9%. Across the housing stock, the average home has 5.4 rooms and buildings have an average construction year of 1974. Building types include 54% detached houses, farms and castles, 19.1% semi-detached houses, 14.6% buildings and apartment blocks, 6.1% other types, 4.3% terraced houses and 1.8% commercial houses. The N15 is a main road through the area. From Hulshout’s centre, access to the A13/E313 towards Antwerpen, Hasselt and Liège takes 13 minutes; the A2/E314 towards Leuven, Diest, Genk and Maasmechelen is 19 minutes away.
De Lijn buses serving Hulshout include line 220 between Herentals, Hulshout, Westmeerbeek, Ramsel and Aarschot, as well as school buses 510 and 514 and demand-responsive lines 944 and 946. The nearest railway stations to the centre are Booischot, Heist-Op-Den-Berg, Begijnendijk, Melkouwen and Langdorp. There are 2 nurseries, including Engeltjes En Bengeltjes 2 and De Troetelbeertjes Bvba, and 4 nursery schools and 4 primary schools; examples include Gemeentelijke Basisschool, Vrije Basisschool Houtvenne and Vrije Basisschool - De Schatkist. Hulshout has no secondary school. For everyday groceries, the municipality has 1 Albert Heijn and 1 OKay.
There are no shared bicycles listed in the municipality, while 3 Cambio car-sharing stations are available. Hulshout has 1 electric-vehicle charging station, and the average is 1.4 cars per household. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 34 minutes away by car or 81 minutes by public transport. The municipality also has businesses in hairdressing and beauty treatment, electrical installation, restaurants and mobile food service, joinery installation, management consultancy and specialised construction. These figures describe the local setting for buyers considering a house in Hulshout, alongside the current selection of 11 houses for sale.