For apartments to rent, Aalst / Alost has 6 listings. The stated average monthly rent is €1,049, with rents from €750 to €2,000. The commune’s 86,445 residents live across 78.7 km². Average age is close to 42, and 69% of residents own their homes. Average net income is €19,693 per year; households have an average of 1.1 cars. Nationalities are 92% Belgian, 1.2% Romanian, 1.2% Dutch, 0.7% Congolese, 0.5% Polish, 0.3% Moroccan, 0.3% Turkish and 3.7% other. Women make up 50.9% of the population.
Apartment buildings account for 27.2% of dwellings, while houses account for 72.8%. The average dwelling has 5.6 rooms, and buildings have an average construction year of 1953. Looking at the full building mix, 25.4% are buildings and blocks of flats, 36.6% are closed-type houses, 18.9% semi-closed houses, 12.3% open-type houses, farms or castles, 3.7% other types and 3% commercial houses. For comparison within the local market, 63 flats are for sale, at a stated average price of €308,535 and a range of €135,000 to €574,900.
The A10 / E40 entrance is 3 minutes by car from the centre, while access to the A14 / E17 takes 23 minutes. The A10 / E40 connects Brussels, Aalst, Ghent, Bruges and Ostend; the A14 / E17 serves routes towards Antwerp, Sint-Niklaas, Ghent, Kortrijk and Lille. Other accessible roads are the N9, R41, N41, N405 and N406a. Aalst / Alost has 36 bus lines and stations at Aalst / Alost, Aalst-Kerrebroek / Alost Kerrebroek, Erembodegem, Vijfhuizen and Haaltert. Listed De Lijn services include line 214 between Brussels, Asse and Aalst, and lines 1, 2, 3 and 4. No metro or tram services are listed.
Childcare and education include 32 nurseries, 41 nursery schools, 37 primary schools and 37 secondary schools. Examples are Zonnetje Aalst - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwplein, Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jozefscollege, Stedelijke Basisschool-Tinnenhoek and Technigo! Campus De Voorstad Aalst. Grocery choices include 6 Carrefour, 5 Delhaize, 4 SPAR, 3 Aldi, 2 Louis Delhaize, 2 OKay, 2 Lidl, 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Bio-Planet, 1 Match / Smatch and 1 Colruyt. For getting around without a private car, there is 1 Blue-bike station and 10 Cambio stations; 11 EV charging stations are available. Brussels Airport is 27 minutes away by car or 42 minutes by public transport.