Rixensart has 5 apartments available to rent, at an average monthly price of €1,088. The lowest listed rent is €650 and the highest is €1,390 per month. The municipality covers 17.6 km² and has 22,558 residents. Average age is 42; 73% of residents own their dwelling, and average net income is €22,638 per person per year. Women make up 52.4% of the population. Nationalities are 89% Belgian, 3.2% French, 0.9% Italian, 0.8% Polish, 0.7% German, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% British and 4.3% other.
Apartment buildings account for 14.6% of Rixensart’s building stock, while houses account for 85.4%. The recorded building types are 14.3% buildings and flat blocks, 54.9% open-type houses, farms and castles, 18.5% semi-closed houses, 9.7% closed-type houses, 1.8% commercial houses and 0.8% other types. Homes average 6.2 rooms, and the average building date is around 1953. The N271 and N275 cross the municipality. From the centre, driving to the A4 / E411–E25 takes 6 minutes, and reaching the R0 Brussels ring takes 13 minutes.
Bus connections include De Lijn 345 from Herrmann-Debroux via Hoeilaart to Wavre, and TEC lines 14 and 15, the Navette de Rixensart and Navette de Genval. TEC line 36 links Braine-l’Alleud with Wavre; line 366 runs between Court-Saint-Étienne, Rixensart and Ixelles/Elsene. The listed stations are Rixensart, Genval, Profondsart, Terhulpen / La Hulpe and Limal. Childcare and education include 19 nurseries, 8 nursery schools, 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. Examples are Les Pitchous, Ecole Communale La Bruyère-Genval, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Agnès and Ecole Plurielle.
The town has 4 Carrefour shops, 2 Delhaize stores, 1 Delitraiteur and 1 Colruyt. There are 4 charging stations for electric vehicles, with no shared bicycles or shared cars available in the commune. Brussels Airport is 21 minutes away by car or 69 minutes by public transport. The current rental listings comprise 5 apartments, with monthly rents between €650 and €1,390.