Addresses in Forest / Vorst (Brussel-Hoofdstad / Bruxelles-Capitale), commune of 6.3 km²: 56,289 people live in this area where there are slightly more women (51.6%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are majority of which are tenants (60%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 37 years and their average income is 14,812€ net per year. There is an average of 0.6 cars per household or below the Belgian average (1.3).
Here is an overview of the most common nationalities:
- 65.9% Belgium
- 6.6% France
- 3.5% Italy
- 3.4% Portugal
- 3.4% Romania
- 3.3% Morocco
- 2.9% Spain
- 11% Other
In Forest / Vorst, the first names you will hear the most in women are Maria, Marie, Fatima, Anne and Sarah and for men you will regularly come across Mohamed, Mohammed, Jean, Pierre and Philippe.
In Forest / Vorst, the dwellings have on average 4.8 rooms or less than the national average (6). With regard to the age of the buildings, they were built around 1929 and the dwellings in the municipality are distributed as follows: 63.8% apartment buildings and 36.2% houses.
More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 60.9% buildings and flat blocks
- 32.4% houses of the closed type
- 3.7% commercial houses
- 1.9% semi-closed type houses
- 0.8% other types of buildings
- 0.2% open type houses, farms, castles
The municipality of Forest / Vorst has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 361 firms active in "architectural activities"
- 341 firms present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 239 companies in the field "legal activities"
- 218 corporations in the field "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."
- 135 companies active in "computer consultancy activities"
- 126 companies present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
Living in Forest / Vorst, you will not be far from an entrance to the R0 (Brussels ring) motorway, which is 4 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A4 / E411 - E25 motorway (Brussels - Namur - Arlon - (Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg)) is also accessible in 14 minutes.
For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 4 Delhaize, 2 Carrefour, 1 Match / Smatch, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Colruyt.
For education, the municipality has 29 nurseries (for example: the nursery "Sunflower Montessori" or also "Les P'Tits Matelots"), 26 nursery schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Alène" or "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Antoine"), 26 primary schools ("Ecole Fondamentale Libre Nos Enfants" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Puzzel" for example) and 8 secondary schools ("Athenee Royal Victor Horta" or "Institut Sainte-Ursule").
Forest / Vorst is served by 7 lines of tram including these lines:
- Tram STIB, line 3 : ESPLANADE - CHURCHILL
- Tram STIB, line 4 : GARE DU NORD - STALLE (P)
- Tram STIB, line 51 : STADE - VAN HAELEN
- Tram STIB, line 82 : GARE DE BERCHEM - DROGENBOS
- Tram STIB, line 97 : LOUISE - DIEWEG
The bus is at your disposal in Forest / Vorst with 17 lines such as:
- Bus STIB, Line 48: ANNEESSENS - DECROLY
- Bus STIB, Line 49: GARE DU MIDI - SIMONIS
- Bus STIB, Line 50: GARE DU MIDI - LOT STATION
- Bus STIB, Line 54: TRONE - FOREST (BERVOETS)
- Bus STIB, Line 74: CLEMENCE EVERARD - UCCLE STALLE
The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Vorst-Oost / Forest-Est", "Vorst-Zuid / Forest-Midi", "Ukkel-Stalle / Uccle-Stalle", "Anderlecht", "Ukkel-Kalevoet / Uccle-Calevoet".
There is no known charging station in the municipality.
In 33 minutes by public transport or 21 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Brussels Airport".
A bicycle "Villo!" can be rented through one of the 17 available stations. You will find 13 stations "Cambio" in the commune.
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