Affligem has 13,228 residents across 17.9 km². The average age is close to 41, and 51% of residents are women. Home ownership stands at 83%; average net income is €21,251 per year, and households have an average of 1.4 cars. Residents’ nationalities are 95.3% Belgian, 1.2% Romanian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Congolese, 0.2% Brazilian and 1.8% other. The municipality’s housing stock is mainly made up of houses: 93.1% of buildings are houses and 6.9% are apartment buildings. The building mix includes 37.2% semi-detached houses, 32.2% detached houses, farms and castles, 20.6% terraced houses, 6.7% buildings and blocks of flats, 2.5% commercial houses and 0.8% other types. Buildings date on average from around 1960, and the average number of rooms is about 5.9.
There are 27 houses for sale in Affligem. The stated average price is €445,320, with current listings ranging from €220,000 to €870,000. The available figures describe houses for sale, not the wider housing stock. Local roads include the N9 and N208. By car, the A10/E40 entrance is 7 minutes from the town centre, with routes towards Brussels, Aalst, Ghent, Bruges and Ostend; the R0 Brussels ring entrance is 13 minutes away.
De Lijn operates 8 bus lines in Affligem. These include line 212, the Brussels–Asse–Aalst express; line 213 via Ternat and Teralfene; line 214 between Brussels, Asse and Aalst; line 340, Belbus Faluintjes–Opwijk; and line 625 between Pamel, Liedekerke and Essene. The nearest stations to the centre are Essene-Lombeek, Liedekerke, Denderleeuw, Iddergem and Ternat. There are 2 nurseries, 6 nursery schools and 5 primary schools, including Go! Basisschool Affligem and Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Vincentius Hekelgem. Affligem has no secondary school. For groceries, the municipality has 1 Aldi and 1 Lidl.
There are no shared bicycles or shared cars in the municipality, and no known EV charging station. Brussels Airport is 23 minutes away by car or 103 minutes by public transport. These local transport links, services and housing figures set the context for the houses currently listed for sale in Affligem.
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