Machelen has 1 house currently listed for rent, at €2,200 per month. The lowest and highest house rents in the current listings are both €2,200. The commune covers 11.5 km² and has 15,469 inhabitants, with an average age of 37. Women account for 51.2% of residents. Homeownership is 70%, average net income per capita is €16,424 per year, and households have an average of 1.2 cars. The population is 86.2% Belgian, 1.8% Italian, 1.4% Turkish, 1.2% Dutch, 1.1% Polish, 0.9% Moroccan, 0.9% Romanian and 6.6% other nationalities.
Houses make up 70.9% of dwellings in Machelen; apartment buildings account for the remaining 29.1%. Dwellings have an average of 5.9 rooms, and buildings were constructed on average in 1956. The building stock includes 37.9% closed-type houses, 21.5% semi-closed houses, 6.9% open-type houses, farms and castles, 27.2% buildings and flat blocks, 4.4% other types and 2.1% commercial houses. The current rental choice for a house is limited to 1 listing, priced at €2,200 a month. That sits alongside a local housing stock in which houses are the more common dwelling category.
For getting around, the R0 entrance is 2 minutes by car from the centre, and the A1/E19 entrance is also 2 minutes away. The latter connects towards Brussels, Mechelen and Antwerp, and onward to Breda in the Netherlands. The N21, A201 and N278 are also accessible in Machelen. There are 25 bus lines with stops in the commune, including De Lijn routes 282, 660, 683, 820 and 821. The nearest stations to the centre are Vilvoorde, Buda, Diegem, Haren and Haren-Zuid. Local information lists these bus and rail connections, rather than metro or tram services. Families have access to 2 nurseries, 4 nursery schools, 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school. Among the named facilities are Trippel Trappel, De Madieliefjes, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Fonkel, Go! Basisschool De Sterrenhemel and Gemeentelijk Instituut Voor Secundair Onderwijs.
For everyday shopping, Machelen has 3 Carrefour stores, 1 Bio-Planet and 1 OKay. Brussels Airport can be reached in 6 minutes by car or 39 minutes by public transport. The commune also has 5 electric-car charging stations, 1 Blue-bike station and 1 Cambio station for car sharing. These mobility options complement the bus network and the road links serving the area. Anyone comparing the current house rental listing will find the monthly rent set at €2,200, with the same figure recorded as both the lowest and highest house rent.
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