In Soignies / Zinnik, 28,016 people live across a municipal area of 111.3 km². The average age is about 41, and women represent 51.3% of residents. Some 69% are homeowners, while average net income per capita is €17,350 a year. The population is 89.5% Belgian, 2.7% French, 1.4% United States, 1.2% Italian, 1.2% Portuguese, 0.5% British, 0.4% Spanish and 3% other. Homes average 5.8 rooms, against a national average of 6, and the average building dates from around 1930. Of the building stock, 87.1% is houses and 12.9% apartment buildings. By building type, 35.8% are open houses, farms or castles, 30.6% closed houses, 18.2% semi-closed houses, 12.5% buildings and flat blocks, 2.5% commercial houses and 0.4% other types.
The municipality currently has 75 flats for sale. The average listed price is €276,714; the lowest is €169,000 and the highest is €475,000. Apartment buildings and flat blocks make up 12.5% of local building types, while the broader housing stock includes houses as well as apartment buildings. These figures give a sense of both the current apartment listings and the wider building mix in Soignies / Zinnik.
For journeys by road, the N6, N55, N57 and N524 are accessible in the municipality. The A7 / E19–E42 entrance is 10 minutes by car from the centre, with routes towards Halle, Nivelles, Mons and Valenciennes in France. The A15 / E42, connecting towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège, is accessible in 14 minutes by car. TEC buses serve the area on line 134 (Jolimont–Soignies), line 15 (Mons–Soignies), line 27/ (Soignies–Neufvilles), line 27 (Soignies–Silly) and line 71 (Manage/Nivelles–Soignies). Nearby stations are Zinnik / Soignies, ’s Gravenbrakel / Braine-le-Comte, Neufvilles, Écaussinnes and Marche-lez-Écaussinnes. No metro or tram lines are listed.
The education network includes 30 nurseries, 21 nursery schools, 21 primary schools and 9 secondary schools. Named examples are Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Vincent and Ecole Fondamentale Libre Du Sacré-Coeur, along with Ecole Communale Fondamentale “Casteau-Neufvilles-Chaussée”, Ecole Fondamentale Paroissiale Saint-Martin, Athénée Royal Jules Bordet and Institut Technique Saint-Vincent. For groceries, there are 3 Delhaize, 2 Louis Delhaize, 2 Carrefour, 1 Trafic, 1 Intermarché, 1 Lidl and 1 Colruyt. One electric-car charging station is available, while there is no shared-bike or shared-car service. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 25 minutes away by car and 123 minutes by public transport.
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