The rental market in Charleroi includes 33 flats for rent, with an average monthly rent of €718. Current rents range from €350 to €1,100. The municipality covers 102.9 km² and has 202,267 inhabitants. The average age is 39, women make up 51.2% of the population, and 54% of residents own their dwelling. Average net income per person is €13,444 a year. Recorded nationalities are 85% Belgian, 5.5% Italian, 1.5% Moroccan, 1.1% French, 1% Turkish, 0.9% Romanian, 0.8% Algerian and 4.1% other. Across the housing stock, 77.2% of dwellings are houses and 22.8% are apartment buildings. Homes average 5.3 rooms, and buildings were generally built around 1920. The building-type figures include 21.5% buildings and flat blocks, 43% closed-type houses, 23.2% semi-closed-type houses, 6.7% open-type houses, farms or castles, 4.1% commercial houses and 1.6% other types.
Shopping options include 18 Carrefour stores, 9 Aldi, 8 Lidl, 7 Louis Delhaize, 5 Colruyt, 5 Delhaize, 4 Trafic, 4 Intermarché, 2 Match / Smatch and 1 Bio-Planet. Charleroi also has 565 restaurants and mobile food-service businesses, 497 hairdressing and beauty-treatment firms, 320 residential and non-residential construction companies, 251 beverage-serving businesses, 243 legal-activity firms and 233 non-specialised food, beverage or tobacco retailers. The municipality’s public transport network includes 3 TEC tram lines: M2 from Charleroi Sud to Anderlues Monument, M3 from Charleroi Sud to Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles, and M4 from Charleroi Sud to Gilly Soleilmont.
There are 63 bus lines serving Charleroi. Examples are line 1 between Montignies (Place), Charleroi Sud and GB Bomerée; line 18 between Jumet (Dépôt), Charleroi Sud and Châtelet (Chavepeyer); line 28 between Châtelineau (SNCB) and Jumet (Madeleine); line 710 between Fleurus and Charleroi; and line 86 between Gosselies (Athénée), Jumet (Gohyssart) and Charleroi Sud. The listed stations are Charleroi-West / Charleroi-Ouest, Charleroi-Zuid / Charleroi-Sud, Lodelinsart, Couillet and Marchienne-Au-Pont. By road, the A54 / E420 entrance is 0 minutes by car from the centre, and A15 / E42 access is 7 minutes away. The N5, N29, R51, R51b and R51e also pass through the municipality.
For families, Charleroi has 118 nurseries, 130 nursery schools, 135 primary schools and 37 secondary schools. Named examples include Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Vauban - Charleroi, Ecole Fondamentale Du Gros-Fayt, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Moi De Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Joseph, Institut Saint-Andre and Institut Notre-Dame. There are 6 electric-vehicle charging stations and 3 Cambio shared-car stations. Shared bicycles are not currently available. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 29 minutes away by public transport or 4 minutes by car.
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