The rental house market in Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel currently has 3 listings. The average monthly rent is €2,650, with asking rents ranging from €1,600 to €4,500. The municipality has 40,008 inhabitants spread over 52.3 km². Average age is 41, and women represent 51.9% of residents. Owners account for 70% of residents, while average net income per capita is €21,611 a year. Nationalities are 89.5% Belgian, 2.7% French, 1.4% Italian, 1.1% Portuguese, 0.9% Spanish, 0.8% Romanian, 0.4% Polish and 3.2% other.
The housing stock is 77.7% houses and 22.3% apartment buildings. Its building types comprise 29.7% open-type houses, farms and castles, 26% closed-type houses, 20.1% semi-closed-type houses, 21.8% buildings and flat blocks, 1.9% commercial houses and 0.5% other types. The average dwelling has about 5.7 rooms, and the average year of construction is 1961. From the centre, the R0 entrance is a 5-minute drive; access to the A8 / E429 - E42 towards Halle, Tournai and Lille takes 12 minutes. The N5f, N27, N28, N246 and N280 are also among the roads serving the area.
There are 22 bus lines with stops in the municipality. TEC routes include 114 to Halle, 115 to Tubize, 66 to Nivelles, 67 between Braine-l’Alleud, Barrière and Parc de l’Alliance, and W linking Brussels, Waterloo and Braine-l’Alleud. The stations nearest the centre are Eigenbrakel / Braine-L’Alleud, Waterloo, De Hoek, Lillois and Sint-Genesius-Rode / Rhode-Saint-Genèse. Childcare and education provision includes 36 nurseries, 15 nursery schools, 15 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. Examples named locally include La Ribambelle, Petit Pied, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Bernadette, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Cardinal Mercier, Institut Sainte-Famille, Institut Saint-Jacques, Athenee Royal Riva-Bella and Institut De La Vallee Bailly.
The supermarket and shop count includes 4 Carrefour, 3 Delitraiteur, 3 Delhaize, 1 Bio-Planet, 1 Match / Smatch, 1 Trafic, 1 LIDL and 1 Colruyt. Electric-vehicle drivers have 1 charging station. There are no shared bicycles and no shared cars in the municipality. Brussels Airport is 24 minutes away by car, or 84 minutes using public transport. In total, 139 properties of different types are currently listed for sale or rent in Braine-L’alleud / Eigenbrakel.