Schilde covers 36.1 km² and has 19,652 residents. The average age is about 45, and 51.1% of residents are women. Homeowners make up 81% of households, and average net income per person is €25,607 a year. The population is 92.3% Belgian, 5% Dutch, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% British, 0.2% German, 0.2% French, 0.1% Spanish and 1.6% from other countries. The housing stock averages 6.5 rooms per home. Houses account for 84.9% of buildings and apartment buildings for 15.1%; by building type, 59.8% are detached houses, farms or castles, 13.8% semi-detached houses, 13.8% buildings and apartment blocks, 6.5% other types, 4.3% terraced houses and 1.7% commercial houses. The average building dates from around 1971.
There are 13 houses for sale in Schilde. Their average asking price is €814,399, with listings ranging from €209,000 to €1,550,000. The municipality has 2 Delhaize supermarkets, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 OKay and 1 Carrefour. Road access includes the N12 and N121. The A21/E34, towards Antwerp and Turnhout and onward to Eindhoven in the Netherlands, is about 10 minutes by car from the town centre; the A1/E19, linking Brussels, Mechelen and Antwerp with Breda in the Netherlands, is also about 10 minutes away by car.
Bus services include De Lijn lines 404, 410, 412, 610 and 618, among 9 lines with stops in Schilde. The listed routes include line 404 between Wijnegem and Zandhoven VTI via Halle, line 610 between Antwerp and Oelegem, and line 618 between 's-Gravenwezel, Sint-Antonius and Scholen Malle. The municipality has 7 nurseries, 6 nursery schools, 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Examples include nurseries Uk & Puk and Bambino, primary schools Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Ludgardis and Vrije Basisschool - Wonderwijzer, and secondary schools Heilig Hart Van Maria-Instituut and Go! Atheneum Schoten.
There are 2 electric-vehicle charging stations in Schilde. Shared bicycles are not listed, and there are no shared cars in the municipality. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 17 minutes away by car or 62 minutes by public transport. The available railway stations listed for the area are Noorderkempen, Ekeren, Antwerpen-Noorderdokken, Sint-Mariaburg and Nijlen.
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