The apartment rental market in Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek currently has 140 flats, with an average rent of €1,434 per month. Listed monthly rents range from €480 to €3,550. Schaerbeek has 133,309 inhabitants across 7.9 km², and the average age is 34. Women make up 50.3% of residents, and 62% of households are tenants in their homes. Average annual net income per capita is €12,133. Residents’ nationalities are 64.8% Belgian, 4.4% Bulgarian, 3.9% Romanian, 3.4% Moroccan, 3.3% French, 2.5% Turkish, 2.3% Spanish and 15.2% other.
Homes have 5 rooms or fewer on average, compared with the national average of 6, and buildings date on average from around 1916. The overall housing stock is 52.4% houses and 47.6% apartment buildings. By building type, 43.5% are buildings and flat blocks, 46.7% closed-type houses, 8.2% commercial houses, 1% semi-closed houses, 0.5% other types and 0.1% open-type houses, farms or castles. For everyday shopping, there are 11 Carrefour, 6 Delhaize, 3 Colruyt, 2 Louis Delhaize, 2 LIDL and 1 Match / Smatch. The municipality has 51 nurseries, 44 nursery schools, 47 primary schools and 26 secondary schools.
Road links include the N2, R21, N21, N22 and E40. Access from the centre to the A3 / E25-E40-E42 towards Brussels, Leuven, Liège and Eupen takes 7 minutes; the A12 towards Brussels, Boom and Antwerp is also 7 minutes away. Tram lines 25, 55, 7, 92 and 93 serve Schaerbeek, alongside 32 bus lines. Bus examples include line 21, Maes–Luxembourg; 56, Schuman–Buda; 59, Hôpital Etterbeek-Ixelles–Bordet Station; 65, Gare Centrale–Machelen; and 66, De Brouckère–Péage. Stations near the centre are Schaerbeek, Bruxelles-Nord, Bruxelles-Congrès, Evere and Meiser.
Villo! bikes can be picked up at 37 stations, and Cambio has 24 car-share stations in the municipality. There are 11 electric-vehicle charging stations. Brussels Airport is 12 minutes away by car or 44 minutes by public transport. The apartment rental selection comprises 140 flats, with current monthly rents between €480 and €3,550 and an average of €1,434. Apartment buildings account for 47.6% of the housing stock, alongside houses at 52.4%. The overall average home has 5 rooms or fewer.