Waterloo has 25 flats for rent, with a current average monthly rent of €1,361. Listed rents range from €550 to €1,950 per month. The municipality’s 30,328 residents live across 21.3 km². Their average age is close to 43, and 72% are homeowners; average net income is €22,474 per year. Women make up 52.5% of the population. The reported nationalities are 82.2% Belgium, 4.4% France, 1.9% Italy, 1.1% Spain, 1.1% Portugal, 0.8% United Kingdom, 0.7% Germany and 7.8% other countries.
Apartment buildings account for 21.6% of Waterloo’s buildings, while houses account for 78.4%. The broader building mix includes 21.1% buildings and flat blocks, 50.5% open-type houses, farms or castles, 13.5% semi-closed houses, 12.6% closed-type houses, 2% commercial houses and 0.3% other types. Buildings were generally built around 1965. The average number of rooms is about 6.3. For daily shopping, there are 5 Carrefour stores, 3 Delhaize, 2 Delitraiteur and 1 Colruyt in the municipality.
Bus connections include 19 lines in total. Among them are TEC line 201, Proxibus de Waterloo; line 36 between Braine-l'Alleud and Wavre; line 365a between Bruxelles and Jumet (Madeleine); line 39 between Waterloo, Braine-l'Alleud, Ottignies and LLN; and line W between Bruxelles/Brussel, Waterloo and Braine-l'Alleud. Stations closest to the centre are Waterloo, De Hoek, Eigenbrakel / Braine-L'Alleud, Sint-Genesius-Rode / Rhode-St.-Genese / St.-Genesius-Rode / Rhode-Saint-Genèse and Holleken. The town centre is 1 minute by car from an R0 entrance and 12 minutes from an A4 / E411 - E25 entrance. The N5, N27, N246 and N253 also serve the area. No metro or tram lines are listed.
Waterloo has 32 nurseries, 13 nursery schools, 14 primary schools and 7 secondary schools. Examples include Craboutchas, Les Arsouilles, Bogaerts International School, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Des Sacrés-Coeurs “envol”, Ecole Libre Sainte-Anne, Ecole Communale Fondamentale Mont-Saint-Jean, Scandinavian School and Lycee De Berlaymont. There are 3 electric-vehicle charging stations. The municipality has no shared bicycles or shared cars at present. Brussels Airport is 18 minutes away by car or 72 minutes by public transport.