Apartment buyers will find 183 flats for sale in Etterbeek. The average asking price is €555,148, with current listings ranging from €115,000 to €2,785,000. The commune has 48,367 residents across 3.2 km², and the average age is 36. Women represent 51.8% of the population. Some 67% of residents are tenants, and average annual net income per person is €14,815. The population’s nationalities are 52.4% Belgian, 8.3% French, 5.3% Italian, 3.7% Spanish, 3.6% Polish, 3% Romanian, 2.2% German and 21.5% other.
Apartment buildings make up 65.2% of dwellings in Etterbeek; houses account for 34.8%. Dwellings have an average of 5 rooms, and buildings were generally constructed around 1930. The building-type breakdown is 61.5% buildings and flat blocks, 32% closed-type houses, 5.5% commercial houses, 0.8% semi-closed-type houses and 0.3% other types. Open-type houses, farms and castles represent 0%. The R21 serves the commune. By car, the centre is 6 minutes from an entrance to the A3 / E25–E40–E42, connecting Brussels, Leuven, Liège and Eupen, and 6 minutes from an entrance to the A4 / E411–E25 towards Brussels, Namur and Arlon.
Metro service comes from STIB lines 1, Gare de l’Ouest–Stockel, and 5, Erasme–Herrmann-Debroux. Tram lines 25, 7 and 81 also stop in Etterbeek. Bus routes include 34, 36, 59, 60 and 80. Stations near the town centre are Merode, Brussel-Schuman / Bruxelles-Schuman, Mouterij / Germoir, Brussel-Luxemburg / Bruxelles-Luxembourg and Etterbeek. The commune has 32 nurseries, 18 nursery schools, 19 primary schools and 10 secondary schools. Examples include Nos Bulbes, Ecole Communale “Colombe de la Paix”, Complexe Scolaire “La Farandole” & “Les Marronniers”, Go! Atheneum Etterbeek and Centre Scolaire Saint-Michel.
Everyday shopping options include 6 Carrefour stores, 4 Delhaize, 2 Louis Delhaize and 1 Colruyt. Villo! has 10 bicycle stations in the commune, and Cambio has 17 car-sharing stations. There are 5 electric-car charging stations. Brussels Airport can be reached in 10 minutes by car or 44 minutes by public transport. Etterbeek also hosts 219 businesses in restaurants and mobile food service activities, alongside 175 in public relations and communication activities and 168 in architectural activities.