Kuurne has 13,484 inhabitants across 10.1 km². The average age is 42, and 50.7% of residents are women. Home ownership stands at 75%; average net income per person is €18,462 a year, and households own about 1.2 cars. The recorded nationalities are 95.1% Belgian, 1% Moroccan, 0.6% Dutch, 0.3% French, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Afghan, 0.3% Polish and 2.1% other. These figures describe a municipality where owning a home is common, while the listed housing stock averages 5.6 rooms and dates from around 1961.
Houses make up 83.1% of buildings in Kuurne, compared with 16.9% for apartment buildings. Across all building types, 34.7% are closed-type houses, 27.7% semi-closed houses, 17.9% open-type houses, farms or castles, 16.3% buildings and flat blocks, 2.8% commercial houses and 0.5% other types. There are currently 2 houses for sale. Their average asking price is €255,000, with the listed range running from €185,000 to €325,000. The property mix and these asking prices give a concrete picture of the current sale listings; there are 0 houses listed for rent.
For road travel, the A14/E17 entrance is a 6-minute drive from the centre, and access to the A17/E403 takes 8 minutes. The main roads serving Kuurne include the N36, N36d, N50 and N395a. Bus services listed for the municipality include De Lijn lines 50, 51, 52, 53 and 68. Line 50 runs between Kortrijk and Kuurne Pius X-kerk–Seizoenwijk; the other listed routes are Hasselt–Stokrooie–Zolder–Heusden, Hasselt–Boekt–Beringen, Berchem Station–Hove–Duffel and Bocholt–Houthalen–Antwerpen. No metro or tram services are listed. The available nearby stations named are Harelbeke, Kortrijk/Courtrai, Bissegem, Ingelmunster and Izegem.
Daily shopping options include Aldi, LIDL, Carrefour, Colruyt and Delhaize, with 1 branch of each listed in Kuurne. Families have 5 nurseries, 7 nursery schools and 7 primary schools to choose from; named examples include Biokinderopvang Droomedaris, Kdv Krokonijn, Vrije Kleuterschool, Go! Basisschool De Boomgaard Kuurne and Vrije Basisschool St-Michiel. Spes Nostra Instituut is the listed secondary school. There are 3 electric-vehicle charging stations and 1 Cambio car-sharing station; no shared-bike service is listed. Wevelgem Airport is 9 minutes away by car or 62 minutes by public transport.
Open Immovlan