There are 5 houses for rent in Forest / Vorst. The average rent is €5,950 per month, with current rents ranging from €1,800 to €20,000. The municipality covers 6.3 km² and has 56,289 inhabitants. Residents have an average age close to 37; 51.6% are women, and 60% are tenants. Average net income is €14,812 per year. The population’s nationalities are 65.9% Belgian, 6.6% French, 3.5% Italian, 3.4% Portuguese, 3.4% Romanian, 3.3% Moroccan, 2.9% Spanish and 11% other. Homes average 4.8 rooms, below the Belgian average of 6, and buildings have an average construction year of 1929. The dwelling stock comprises 36.2% houses and 63.8% apartment buildings. Building types are 60.9% buildings and flat blocks, 32.4% closed-type houses, 3.7% commercial houses, 1.9% semi-closed houses, 0.8% other buildings and 0.2% open-type houses, farms or castles.
For road journeys, the R0 entrance is a 4-minute drive from the centre of Forest / Vorst. Access to the A4 / E411–E25, on the Brussels–Namur–Arlon–Luxembourg City route, is 14 minutes away. Public transport includes STIB tram lines 3, 4, 51, 82 and 97, and bus lines 48, 49, 50, 54 and 74. The nearby stations are Vorst-Oost / Forest-Est, Vorst-Zuid / Forest-Midi, Ukkel-Stalle / Uccle-Stalle, Anderlecht and Ukkel-Kalevoet / Uccle-Calevoet. The average number of cars per household is 0.6, compared with 1.3 nationally.
Childcare and education facilities include 29 nurseries, 26 nursery schools, 26 primary schools and 8 secondary schools. Examples are Le Toboggan and Sunflower Montessori, École Fondamentale Du Vignoble and Ecole Fondamentale Libre En Couleurs, École Primaire Kaléidoscope and Ecole Primaire Libre Sainte-Ursule, and Athenee Royal Victor Horta and Institut De Radioelectricite Et Cinematographie. Supermarkets in the municipality include 4 Delhaize, 2 Carrefour, 1 Match / Smatch, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Colruyt. Residents can use 17 Villo! bicycle stations and 13 Cambio car-sharing stations. No charging station is known in Forest / Vorst. Brussels Airport is 21 minutes away by car and 56 minutes by public transport.