Zoersel is a commune of 38.7 km² with 21,944 residents. The average age is 44, and 51.1% of residents are women. Home ownership is common: 81% of residents own their homes. Average annual net income per person is €22,300. The population is 96.4% Belgian, 1.9% Dutch, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Afghan, 0.1% French, 0.1% British and 1% other nationalities. There are 7 houses for sale, with an average asking price of €625,274. The least expensive is €319,000 and the most expensive is €1,050,000.
Houses make up 85.3% of Zoersel’s dwellings, while apartment buildings account for 14.7%. Across the housing stock, homes average 5.9 rooms and buildings have an average construction year of 1975. By building type, 67.1% are detached houses, farms or castles; 12.1% are semi-detached houses; 2.4% are terraced houses; and 1.3% are commercial houses. Apartment blocks and buildings account for 14.1%, with 3% in other building types. The N12, N14 and N179 provide local road connections. From the centre, access to the A21/E34 towards Antwerp, Turnhout and Eindhoven takes 3 minutes; the A13/E313 towards Antwerp, Hasselt and Liège is 10 minutes away.
Bus services in the commune include 13 lines. Examples are De Lijn 406 between Zandhoven and Malle via Halle, 417, the express service between Antwerp and Turnhout via Zoersel, and 429, the express service between Antwerp and Herentals via Zoersel. The listed nearby stations are Noorderkempen, Bouwel, Wolfstee, Nijlen and Herentals. Zoersel has 11 nurseries, 7 nursery schools and 6 primary schools, including Kinderopvang Dodo, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Beuk & Noot and Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Pierenbos. There is no secondary school in the commune. Grocery options include 2 Carrefour supermarkets, 1 OKay, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
There is 1 electric-vehicle charging station in Zoersel. No shared bicycles or shared cars are listed in the commune. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 19 minutes away by car or 45 minutes by public transport. The current listings include 7 houses for sale, with prices from €319,000 to €1,050,000 and an average of €625,274. For anyone comparing house listings with the wider local housing stock, the figures also show that detached houses, farms and castles form the largest building category, at 67.1% of buildings. The commune’s average of 1.4 cars per household is above the Belgian average of 1.3. No house rentals are currently listed; the figures show €0 per month for both the highest and lowest house rent.