Wijnegem has 9,816 inhabitants across 7.9 km². The average age is 44, and 51.5% of residents are women. Home ownership is common: 76% of inhabitants own their dwelling. Average net income is €20,950 per person per year, and households have an average of 1.2 cars. Residents are 93.7% Belgian, 2.1% Dutch, 1.3% Polish, 0.3% Moroccan, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Iraqi, 0.2% German and 1.9% other nationalities. The housing stock is made up of 65.5% houses and 34.5% apartment buildings. Buildings include 31.7% closed-type houses, 20.3% semi-closed houses, 11.6% open-type houses, farms or castles, 33.4% buildings and flat blocks, 1.9% commercial houses and 1.1% other types. Dwellings have an average of 5.8 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1958.
The current average asking price for a house for sale in Wijnegem is €580,258. Listings range from €395,000 to €784,454, and 26 houses are currently listed for sale. The municipality’s roads include the R11, N12, N112 and N120. From the centre, the A13/E313 towards Antwerp, Hasselt and Liège is 4 minutes away by car; access to the A12 towards Brussels, Boom and Antwerp is 7 minutes away. Households average 1.2 cars, and there are 3 electric-vehicle charging stations in the municipality. No shared bicycles or shared cars are available.
Public transport in Wijnegem includes tram lines 10 and 5, as well as bus lines 140, 141, 404, 410 and 780. The nearest listed stations to the centre are Antwerpen-Oost, Antwerpen-Dam, Antwerpen-Berchem, Antwerpen-Luchtbal and Mortsel. For families, the municipality has 3 nurseries, 3 nursery schools, 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Named options include Het Snuffeltje and Kinderdagverblijf Wijnegem for childcare; Vrije Basisschool - Don Bosco and Vrije Basisschool - Oefenschool among the nursery schools; and Gemeentelijke Lagere School - De Notelaar and Vrije Basisschool - Oefenschool among the primary schools. Annuntia-Instituut and Mater Dei Instituut are the listed secondary schools.
Shopping options in town include 1 Albert Heijn and 1 Delhaize. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport in Deurne, 11 minutes away by car or 33 minutes by public transport. Wijnegem also has companies in business and other management consultancy, restaurants and mobile food service, hairdressing and beauty treatment, computer consultancy, food and drink wholesale, and head-office activities. These local details sit alongside a housing market with 26 houses currently for sale and an average asking price of €580,258.