Anderlecht has 56 flats for rent. The average monthly rent is €1,188, with listed rents ranging from €520 to €2,450. Apartment buildings make up 50.5% of the building stock, while houses account for 49.5%. The average building dates from around 1939, and dwellings have 4.7 rooms on average, compared with 6 across Belgium. Buildings and flat blocks represent 46.2% of buildings; other recorded types include 40.8% closed-type houses, 7.5% commercial houses, 3.8% semi-closed houses, 1.2% other types and 0.6% open-type houses, farms or castles. Anderlecht has 119,714 inhabitants over 17.9 km². The average age is 36, 59% of residents are tenants, and average net income per person is €11,755 net a year. The population is 69.5% Belgian, 6.3% Romanian, 4.2% Moroccan, 2.5% Italian, 2.3% Spanish, 2.3% French, 2.2% Portuguese and 10.5% other nationalities.
Metro services stopping in the commune are lines 1, 2, 5 and 6. Tram line 81 and 31 bus lines also serve Anderlecht, including STIB routes 46, 49 and 89 and De Lijn routes 136 and 170. Available stations include Brussel-West / Bruxelles-Ouest, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Brussel-Kapellekerk / Bruxelles-Chapelle, Anderlecht and Simonis. For drivers, the R0 Brussels ring is a 4-minute drive from the centre, while access to the A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 route is 15 minutes away. The N6, N8 and N266 also serve the commune.
There are 40 nurseries, 53 nursery schools, 58 primary schools and 35 secondary schools in Anderlecht. Examples include Kol De Waterlelie, De Klaproos, Ecole Fondamentale Communale “p24-M24 - Les Pommiers”, Vrije Basisschool Scheutplaneet, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Veeweide, Gemeentelijke Freinetschool - De Beverboom, Coovi Secundair Onderwijs and Sint-Guido-Instituut. For groceries, the listed supermarkets are 6 Delhaize, 5 Louis Delhaize, 4 Carrefour, 3 Aldi, 2 Colruyt, 1 Cora, 1 Match / Smatch and 1 LIDL. Shared transport includes 32 Villo! bike stations and 8 Cambio car stations, with 8 electric-car charging stations as well. Brussels Airport is 18 minutes away by car or 55 minutes by public transport.