Merchtem 1785

Addresses in Merchtem (Halle-Vilvoorde / Hal-Vilvorde), commune of 36.9 km²: 16,583 people live in this area where there are slightly more women (50.9%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are majority ownership (73%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 42 years and their average income is 22,298€ net per year. There is an average of 1.3 cars per household either aligned with the country's average.

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 94.4% Belgium
- 1.2% Romania
- 0.6% Netherlands
- 0.5% Poland
- 0.4% France
- 0.3% Congo
- 0.3% Morocco
- 2.2% Other

Jan, Marc, Jean, Luc and Dirk are the most common first names for men in Merchtem and Maria, Marie, Ann, Godelieve and Hilde for women.

In general, the accommodation you will find in Merchtem has 6 rooms or as much as the average in the country. On average, buildings were built around 1966 and the breakdown is as follows: 74.6% houses and 25.4% apartment buildings.

The different types of buildings are distributed as follows:
- 29.7% open type houses, farms, castles
- 24.4% buildings and flat blocks
- 22.5% semi-closed type houses
- 19.6% houses of the closed type
- 2.7% commercial houses
- 1.2% other types of buildings

The municipality of Merchtem has different companies on its territory, here are the most common areas:
- 109 corporations active in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 80 corporations in the field "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 63 companies present in "landscape service activities"
- 54 firms in the domain "mixed farming"
- 41 corporations present in "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 39 firms in the domain "construction of residential and non-residential buildings"

Residents of Merchtem benefit from an entrance to the A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) motorway: it is a 9 minute drive from the centre. The highway R0 (Brussels ring) also has an access that can be reached in 10 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Merchtem:
- N211
- N290
- N296

Different supermarkets are available: 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Aldi, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize.

As far as children are concerned, the municipality contains 8 nurseries (example: "De Petter Fake, De Petter Cirke,verhasselt Sabrina" or "Babyboom"), 5 nursery schools ("Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Ten Bos" or "Vrije Basisschool - Rinkeling"), 5 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool- Sint-Donatus" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Plataan") and 4 secondary schools ("Gemeentelijke Technische Tuinbouwschool" or "Sint-Donatusinstituut - Middenschool").

7 different lines of bus have a stop in the commune of Merchtem like the following lines:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 242: Brussel - Wemmel - Asse
- Bus De Lijn, Line 245: Brussel - Dendermonde
- Bus De Lijn, Line 41: Sint-Truiden - Jeuk
- Bus De Lijn, Line 543: Schoolbus Merchtem - Wemmel Campus
- Bus De Lijn, Line 821: Merchtem - Grimbergen - Vilvoorde - Zaventem

Here is the choice in the available stations: "Merchtem", "Mollem", "Opwijk", "Asse", "Malderen".

Within the perimeter of Merchtem, you will find 3 recharging stations for your electric vehicle.

In 20 minutes by car or 31 minutes by public transport, the nearest airport is Brussels Airport.

It would seem that there are no shared bicycles in this commune. Merchtem has no shared cars on its territory.