Braine-Le-Château / Kasteelbrakel has 10,549 residents in an area of 22.8 km². Its average age is close to 41, and 77% of residents own their homes. Average net income is €21,213 per year. Nationalities are 91.9% Belgian, 2.1% French, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.3% Italian, 0.8% Romanian, 0.6% Spanish, 0.2% Polish and 1.7% other. Women make up 51.5% of the population, and households have an average of 1.5 cars.
The local housing stock consists of 89.2% houses and 10.8% dwellings in apartment buildings. Across building types, 48.9% are detached houses, farms or castles, 27.1% semi-detached houses, 10.9% terraced houses, 10.5% buildings and apartment blocks, 1.4% commercial houses and 1.3% other types. Homes have around 6 rooms on average, and buildings date from around 1944. There are currently 0 flats for rent, with the listed average, minimum and maximum rent all shown as €0 per month. The rental market has 1 house at €2,000 per month. For houses for sale, 26 listings range from €150,000 to €1,695,000, with an average of €554,080.
The R0 entrance is about 5 minutes by car from the centre, while access to the A8 / E429 - E42 is about 6 minutes away. The N28 and N246 are accessible roads. Bus services include TEC lines 114, 115, 2 and 69, as well as express line E2: routes connect Braine-l'Alleud, Halle, Tubize, Nivelles, B.S. Isaac, Ittre and Braine-le-Château. The nearest stations are Tubeke / Tubize, Lembeek, Halle / Hal, Hennuyères and Eigenbrakel / Braine-L'Alleud. There are 15 nurseries, 5 nursery schools and 5 primary schools in the municipality, with no secondary school. Local shops include 1 Lidl, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.
There is 1 electric vehicle charging station, but no shared bicycles or shared cars. Brussels South Charleroi Airport can be reached in 22 minutes by car or 96 minutes by public transport. Apartment buildings make up a share of the housing stock, but no apartment is currently listed for rent. The local transport links, schools, childcare and shops describe the practical surroundings for renters, while the current listings show a single house available to rent.
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