Apartment buyers will find 17 flats for sale in Houthalen-Helchteren. The average price is €282,750, with listings ranging from €169,000 to €415,000. The municipality has 30,655 residents spread over 78.2 km²; the average age is 41, and women account for 50.1% of the population. Home ownership is 76%, and average annual net income per capita is €16,697. Residents are 90.7% Belgian, 2.8% Italian, 1.6% Dutch, 0.9% Turkish, 0.7% Moroccan, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% Polish and 2.1% other nationalities. Households average 1.4 cars.
Apartment buildings account for 18.8% of the building stock, while houses account for 81.2%. Across the listed building types, 17.4% are buildings and flat blocks; 47.3% are open-type houses, farms and castles, 21.5% semi-closed houses, 6.1% closed-type houses, 5.7% other types and 1.9% commercial houses. Accommodation averages 6.5 rooms, and buildings generally date from around 1975. From the centre, access to the A2/E314 takes 2 minutes, and the A13/E313 is 11 minutes away. The N715, N719 and N726 are also accessible.
Public transport includes 17 bus lines, with De Lijn lines 16, 18a, 23, 31 and 48 among them. Nearby stations are Zolder, Zonhoven, Heusden, Kiewit and Bokrijk. The municipality has 9 nurseries, 12 nursery schools, 12 primary schools and 7 secondary schools. Examples include Kieke-Boe, Vrije Basisschool De Biekorf, Vrije Basisschool Lucerna and Don Bosco Technisch Instituut. Everyday shopping options include 2 Carrefour and 2 Delhaize supermarkets, as well as 1 OKay, 1 SPAR and 1 Aldi.
Three stations provide electric-car charging. There are no shared bicycles or shared cars available in Houthalen-Helchteren. Liège Airport is 40 minutes away by car, or 170 minutes by public transport. With 17 flats currently listed for sale, the apartment market has an average asking price of €282,750. The lowest listed price is €169,000 and the highest is €415,000. The wider housing stock is predominantly houses, with apartment buildings making up 18.8% of buildings.