Machelen 1830

Addresses in Machelen (Halle-Vilvoorde / Hal-Vilvorde), a municipality of 11.5 km² in which 15,469 people reside with a higher proportion of women (51.2%) than men in this municipality. The average age is 37 years, residents are mainly owners (70%) in their own homes and have an average annual net per capita income of 16,424€. Households have on average 1.2 cars or less than the national average (1.3).

The inhabitants come from these different countries:
- 86.2% Belgium
- 1.8% Italy
- 1.4% Turkey
- 1.2% Netherlands
- 1.1% Poland
- 0.9% Morocco
- 0.9% Romania
- 6.6% Other

The most common first names for women in Machelen are Maria, Marie, Nathalie, Patricia and Martine and the most common first names for men are Mohamed, Jean, Marc, Luc and Daniel.

In Machelen, the dwellings have on average 5.9 rooms or less than the national average (6). On average, buildings were built around 1956 and the breakdown is as follows: 70.9% houses and 29.1% apartment buildings.

More specifically, here is the breakdown by type of building:
- 37.9% houses of the closed type
- 27.2% buildings and flat blocks
- 21.5% semi-closed type houses
- 6.9% open type houses, farms, castles
- 4.4% other types of buildings
- 2.1% commercial houses

Companies in Machelen are located in the following sectors:
- 93 firms active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 68 corporations active in "computer consultancy activities"
- 57 corporations in the field "freight transport by road"
- 50 corporations active in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 49 firms active in "activities of head offices"
- 41 corporations present in "other transportation support activities"

The motorway R0 (Brussels ring) is easily accessible to the residents of Machelen: 2 minutes drive is enough from the centre. In addition, there is also access to the A1 / E19 motorway. (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) to 2 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Machelen:
- N21
- A201
- N278

The following shops are located in the town: 3 Carrefour, 1 Bio-Planet and 1 OKay.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 3 nurseries (example: "De Madieliefjes" or "Trippel Trappel"), 4 nursery schools ("Go! Basisschool De Sterrenhemel" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Fonkel"), 4 primary schools ("Vrije Basisschool - De Windroos" or "Go! Basisschool De Sterrenhemel" for example) and a secondary school ("Gemeentelijk Instituut Voor Secundair Onderwijs").

You will find 25 lines of bus different lines that stop in Machelen:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 282: Mechelen - Zaventem
- Bus De Lijn, Line 660: Zaventem - Haacht - Bonheiden
- Bus De Lijn, Line 683: Mechelen - Zemst - Vilvoorde - Zaventem
- Bus De Lijn, Line 820: Jette - Vilvoorde - Zaventem
- Bus De Lijn, Line 821: Merchtem - Grimbergen - Vilvoorde - Zaventem

The nearest stations to the centre of the town are "Vilvoorde / Vilvorde", "Buda", "Diegem", "Haren", "Haren-Sud / Haren-Zuid".

If you need to recharge your electric vehicle, 5 recharging stations are available in Machelen.

The nearest airport is "Brussels Airport" and is 6 minutes away by car or 10 minutes by public transport.

A bicycle "Blue-bike" can be rented through one of the 1 available stations. Machelen does not seem to offer shared cars.