Koekelberg is a compact municipality of 1.2 km² with 21,990 residents. Its average age is 35, and 58% of residents are tenants. Average annual net income per person is €12,680; households have an average of 0.6 cars. The population includes Belgian (70.7%), Romanian (8.2%), Moroccan (4.4%), French (2.3%), Spanish (2.3%), Polish (2%) and Italian (1.9%) nationalities, while 8.4% are other nationalities. Houses make up 32.4% of the building stock, compared with 67.6% for apartment buildings. Among building types, 30.3% are closed-type houses, 63.6% buildings and flat blocks, 5.4% commercial houses, 0.4% other types and 0.3% semi-closed houses. Buildings date from around 1936 on average, and the average home has about 4.5 rooms.
The current listings include 0 houses for rent, so there is no house-rental price range or monthly average to quote. For context within the local housing market, 9 houses are for sale, priced from €389,000 to €695,000, with an average of €514,111. Koekelberg’s main-road access includes the R20. From the centre, the R0 is about 5 minutes away by car, while access to the A12 takes about 9 minutes. The A12 runs from Brussels through Boom and Antwerp towards Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands.
Getting around without a car is supported by metro lines 1, 2, 5 and 6, serving the routes Gare de l’Ouest–Stockel, Simonis–Elisabeth, Erasme–Herrmann-Debroux and Roi Baudouin–Elisabeth. Tram lines 19 and 9 run between Groot-Bijgaarden and De Wand, and Simonis and Arbre Ballon. Bus services include De Lijn line 214 between Brussels, Asse and Aalst, plus STIB lines 13, 49, 53 and 87. Stations near the centre are Simonis, Thurn en Taxis / Tour et Taxis, Brussel-West / Bruxelles-Ouest, Jette and Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord. The commune has 8 nurseries, 8 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 4 secondary schools. Examples are Vanille & Pastel, Ecole Communale Armand Swartenbroeks, Go! Basisschool Unescoschool Koekelberg and Institut Des Ursulines.
For everyday purchases, there are 2 Louis Delhaize shops, 1 OKay and 1 Carrefour. Koekelberg has 7 Villo! bike-share stations and 3 Cambio shared-car stations, while no charging station is listed in the municipality. Brussels Airport is around 16 minutes away by car and 55 minutes by public transport. The local housing mix includes closed-type houses as well as apartment buildings, but the current listings contain no houses for rent.