Table 1.

Characteristics of the 3 localities [74–76]

	Knokke-Heist [74]	Ghent [75]	Tienen [76]	Flemish region [74–76]
Demographic data (2016)
Total number of inhabitants	33,311	257,029	34,185	6,477,804
Population growth since 2005	98.5	111.3	107.7	107.2
Total number of older inhabitants	11,310	42,706	7,243	1,265,666
Older population growth since 2005	128.5	102.1	111.2	117.9
% older adults (65 years and over)	34.0%	16.6%	21.2%	19.5%
% older adults (80 years and over)	9.9%	5.5%	6.5%	5.9%
Socio-economic data (2013)
Average income per capita in €	23,374	17,477	18,479	18,163
Welfare and health data
Number of places in residential care in 2016 per 1000 older adults (>65y)	58	84.6	90.2	76
Number of entitled informal and home care in 2015 per 1000 older adults (>65y)	56.3	69	132.1	98.2