Beersel is home to 25,251 people in an area of 30.4 km². Residents have an average age of 40, and 78% own their homes. Average annual net income per person is €21,869, while households have 1.4 cars on average. Women make up 50.7% of the population. The reported nationalities are 88.6% Belgian, 2% Portuguese, 1.6% French, 1.3% Romanian, 1.2% Polish, 1.2% Italian, 0.9% Spanish and 3.3% other. There are currently 0 houses for rent in Beersel. The supplied average, minimum and maximum monthly rents for houses are all €0; by comparison, 15 houses are listed for sale, averaging €573,400 and ranging from €100,000 to €1,100,000.
Houses account for 89.1% of dwellings in the municipality, with apartment buildings making up 10.9%. The wider building mix consists of 40% open-type houses, farms or castles, 28.2% closed-type houses, 18.6% semi-closed-type houses, 10.6% buildings and flat blocks, 1.5% commercial houses and 1% other types. Homes average 6.2 rooms, and the buildings date on average to around 1951. These are the local housing-stock figures alongside the current rental count for houses.
From Beersel’s centre, the R0 Brussels ring is 1 minute away by car. The A8 / E429–E42 towards Halle, Tournai and Lille is 6 minutes away, and the N6 is among the main roads in the municipality. Bus routes serving the area include De Lijn 153, 154 and 155, De Lijn 810, and STIB 50, which runs between Gare du Midi and Lot Station. Nearby stations are Beersel, Moensberg, Lot, Linkebeek and Ruisbroek. The transport information supplied names buses and stations, not metro or tram routes.
Childcare and schools include 8 nurseries, 8 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. Examples are ’T Kapoentje, In Het Stationnetje, Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Victor Beersel, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Dworp, Go! Freinetschool De Boomhut Alsemberg, Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Victor Dworp, Sint-Victorinstituut - Bovenbouw and Onze-Lieve-Vrouwinstituut Secundaire School. Local shops include 2 Delhaize stores, 1 OKay, 1 Delitraiteur, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt. There are 3 electric-car charging stations; shared bicycles and shared cars are not listed as available. Brussels Airport is 23 minutes away by car or 74 minutes by public transport.
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