Vilvoorde 1800

Addresses in Vilvoorde / Vilvorde (Halle-Vilvoorde / Hal-Vilvorde) where 44,727 inhabitants are distributed over 21.6 km² with slightly more women (51.5%) than men in this municipality. The inhabitants are in majority owners (67%) from their homes, they have an average age close to 37 years and their average income is 17,514€ net per year. Households have on average 1.1 cars and is therefore below the national average (1.3).

Citizens come from the following countries:
- 85.3% Belgium
- 2.5% Spain
- 1.9% Morocco
- 1.4% Romania
- 1.3% Netherlands
- 1% Italy
- 0.8% France
- 5.8% Other

Maria, Marie, Fatima, Sarah and Martine are the first names you will come across the most in Vilvoorde / Vilvorde for men and Mohamed, Jean, Marc, Patrick and David for women.

In Vilvoorde / Vilvorde, the dwellings have on average 5.6 rooms or below the Belgian average (6). In terms of the age of the buildings, the average is around 1952 with this distribution: 68.2% houses and 31.8% apartment buildings.

The breakdown by type of building is as follows:
- 45.1% houses of the closed type
- 30.8% buildings and flat blocks
- 15.5% semi-closed type houses
- 5.4% open type houses, farms, castles
- 2.8% commercial houses
- 0.4% other types of buildings

Companies in Vilvoorde / Vilvorde are located in the following sectors:
- 117 companies present in "business and other management consultancy activities"
- 104 firms present in "hairdressing and other beauty treatment"
- 97 firms in the domain "restaurants and mobile food service activities"
- 73 corporations in the field "legal activities"
- 63 companies active in "sale of cars and light motor vehicles"
- 63 corporations in the field "other business support service activities n.e.c."

Living in Vilvoorde / Vilvorde, you will not be far from an entrance to the R0 (Brussels ring) motorway, which is 2 minutes by car from the centre of the town. An entrance for the A1 / E19 motorway (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) is also accessible in 2 minutes.

Access to these roads is easy to Vilvoorde / Vilvorde:
- N1
- R22
- N202
- N211
- N260

Several supermarkets are at your disposal in the commune: 3 Carrefour, 2 Louis Delhaize, 2 Colruyt, 1 Albert Heijn and 1 LIDL.

In terms of children's facilities, the municipality offers 15 nurseries ("Kabouterland" or "De Kinderhoeve" for example), 17 nursery schools ("Go! Basisschool Klim-Op Vilvoorde" or "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Kinderkoppen"), 17 primary schools (examples: "Vrije Basisschool Heilig-Hart" or "Go! Basisschool Kaleido") and 15 secondary schools ("Go! Technisch Atheneum Campus De Brug Vilvoorde" or "Virgo Fidelisinstituut Eerste Graad II").

You will find 21 lines of bus different lines that stop in Vilvoorde / Vilvorde:
- Bus De Lijn, Line 280: Mechelen - Grimbergen Verbrande Brug
- Bus De Lijn, Line 282: Mechelen - Zaventem
- 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", "Eppegem", "Diegem", "Haren-Sud / Haren-Zuid".

Do you use an electric car or would you like to switch to this type of vehicle in the near future? Be aware that 5 electric recharging stations are located in the commune of Vilvoorde / Vilvorde!

In 13 minutes by public transport or 8 minutes by car you can reach the airport "Brussels Airport".

It is possible to rent a bicycle "Blue-bike" through the 2 stations available in the municipality. Thanks to 4 stations "Cambio", you will be able to rent a car when you need one.