Apartment rentals in Walcourt are listed at an average of €600 per month. The current rental range is €450 to €750 per month, with 2 flats available for rent. Apartment buildings account for 4.8% of the local housing stock; houses make up 95.2%. Across the housing stock, dwellings average 6.2 rooms and buildings were generally built around 1935. Building types include 54% detached houses, farms or castles, 21.4% semi-detached houses, 15.1% terraced houses, 4.6% apartment buildings and blocks, 3.6% other buildings, and 1.4% commercial houses.
A total of 18,430 people live in Walcourt, which covers 123.6 km². The average age is close to 41, and women make up 50.8% of residents. Some 79% of residents own their homes; average annual net income is €18,486. The population is 96.1% Belgian, 2% Italian, 0.8% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Polish and 0.5% other. Households have 1.3 cars on average.
For local and regional journeys, the N5, N932 and N978 serve the municipality. The A54/E420 towards Nivelles and Charleroi is 20 minutes from the centre, and the A15/E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is 23 minutes away. Walcourt has 17 TEC bus lines, including 111a between Thuillies and Laneffe/Walcourt, 132a between Walcourt, Cerfontaine and Philippeville, 136a between Florennes, Yves-Gomezée and Walcourt, 451 between Charleroi, Philippeville and Couvin, and 52 between Charleroi Sud, Nalinnes and Gourdinne. Rail stations are at Walcourt, Pry, Berzée, Yves-Gomezée and Cour-Sur-Heure.
The municipality has 19 nurseries, 16 nursery schools, 16 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Named facilities include Walcourt - Baby Boom, Ecole Communale Des Eoliennes, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saints Pierre Et Paul, Collège Saint-Augustin and Institut Technique De La Communaute Francaise. Shops include 2 SPAR stores, plus 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize. One EV charging station is available; there are no shared bicycles or shared cars. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 23 minutes away by car and 124 minutes by public transport.
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