There are 63 flats for sale in Aalst / Alost, with a stated average price of €308,535. Current asking prices range from €135,000 to €574,900. Across the commune, apartments and apartment buildings make up 27.2% of dwellings; houses account for 72.8%. The average home has 5.6 rooms, and the average construction year of buildings is 1953. The wider building mix is 36.6% closed-type houses, 25.4% buildings and blocks of flats, 18.9% semi-closed houses, 12.3% open-type houses, farms or castles, 3.7% other types and 3% commercial houses.
The commune covers 78.7 km² and has 86,445 residents. The average age is close to 42 years; 69% of residents own their homes, average net income is €19,693 per year, and households have an average of 1.1 cars. The population is 50.9% women. 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. These figures sit alongside a housing stock in which both apartment buildings and several types of houses are present.
The centre is a 3-minute drive from the A10 / E40 entrance, on the Brussels–Aalst–Ghent–Bruges–Ostend route. The A14 / E17 entrance is 23 minutes away, with routes towards Antwerp, Sint-Niklaas, Ghent, Kortrijk and Lille. Local road access includes the N9, R41, N41, N405 and N406a. There are 36 bus lines passing through Aalst / Alost, and stations at Aalst / Alost, Aalst-Kerrebroek / Alost Kerrebroek, Erembodegem, Vijfhuizen and Haaltert. The listed De Lijn examples include line 214 between Brussels, Asse and Aalst, as well as lines 1, 2, 3 and 4. No metro or tram services are listed.
Schools and childcare are spread across 32 nurseries, 41 nursery schools, 37 primary schools and 37 secondary schools. Named examples include 'T Boontje, Stedelijke Basisschool - Klaproosje, Stedelijke Basisschool-Tinnenhoek and Technigo! Campus De Voorstad Aalst. For groceries, the commune has 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. Shared mobility includes 1 Blue-bike station and 10 Cambio stations; 11 EV charging stations are available. Brussels Airport can be reached in 27 minutes by car or 42 minutes by public transport.
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