Affligem 1790

Addresses in Affligem (Halle-Vilvoorde / Hal-Vilvorde), a municipality of 17.9 km² in which 13,228 people reside with more women (51%) than men in this agglomeration. The inhabitants are mainly owners (83%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 41 years and their average income is 21,251€ net per year. The households own about 1.4 cars or more than the national average (1.3).

The most represented nationalities are the following:
- 95.3% Belgium
- 1.2% Romania
- 0.5% Netherlands
- 0.4% Poland
- 0.3% Italy
- 0.3% Congo
- 0.2% Brazil
- 1.8% Other

The most common first names for women in Affligem are Maria, Marie, Rita, Godelieve and Ann and the most common first names for men are Jan, Marc, Patrick, Luc and Jean.

In Affligem, the dwellings have on average 5.9 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1960 and the breakdown is as follows: 93.1% houses and 6.9% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 37.2% semi-closed type houses
- 32.2% open type houses, farms, castles
- 20.6% houses of the closed type
- 6.7% buildings and flat blocks
- 2.5% commercial houses
- 0.8% other types of buildings

Companies in Affligem are located in the following sectors:
- 67 corporations in the field "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 40 firms in the domain "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 35 corporations active in "activities of head offices"
- 33 firms in the domain "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"
- 31 firms in the domain "legal activities"
- 30 companies present in "other specialised construction activities n.e.c."

Residents of Affligem benefit from an entrance to the A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) motorway: it is a 7 minute drive from the centre. The highway R0 (Brussels ring) also has an access that can be reached in 13 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Affligem:
- N9
- N208

For your daily shopping, you will find the following shops: 1 Aldi and 1 LIDL.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality has 2 nurseries (such as the nursery "Kastaar En Vedette" or "De Paddestoel"), 6 nursery schools ("Vrije Basisschool" or "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Vincentius Hekelgem"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool" or "Vrije Basisschool - De Klimming") but no secondary school.

The bus is at your disposal in Affligem with 8 lines such as:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 212: Snelbus Brussel - Asse - Aalst
- Bus De Lijn, Line 213: Brussel - Asse - Ternat - Teralfene - Aalst
- Bus De Lijn, Line 214: Brussel-Asse-Aalst
- Bus De Lijn, Line 340: Belbus Faluintjes - Opwijk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 625: Pamel - Liedekerke - Essene

Here is the choice in the available stations: "Essene-Lombeek", "Liedekerke", "Denderleeuw", "Iddergem", "Ternat".

There is no known charging station in the municipality.

The best placed airport in relation to the municipality is "Brussels Airport". It is 37 minutes by public transport or 24 minutes by car.

Unfortunately, the commune does not seem to have any shared bicycles available. Affligem does not seem to offer shared cars.