Beringen has 46,346 inhabitants across 78.6 km². The average age is about 41, and 78% of residents own their homes. Average net income is €17,266 per person per year. The population is 50.1% men and 49.9% women; nationalities are 93.7% Belgian, 1.6% Turkish, 1.3% Dutch, 0.8% Bulgarian, 0.7% Italian, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Romanian and 1.5% other. These figures sit alongside a housing stock with an average of 6.2 rooms per home and buildings averaging from around 1972. The building types are 52.2% open-type houses, farms and castles, 23.3% semi-closed houses, 15.7% buildings and apartment blocks, 5.4% closed-type houses, 1.8% other buildings and 1.6% commercial houses. Houses account for 83.8% of buildings, while apartment buildings account for 16.2%.
There are 15 houses for sale in Beringen. The average asking price is €404,667, with listings ranging from €220,000 to €875,000. For everyday journeys, the A13 / E313 entrance is 4 minutes by car from the town centre, and the A2 / E314 entrance is 9 minutes away. The N29, N72 and N717 are also accessible. Bus services include De Lijn lines 23, 32, 58, 7 and 719, among 15 lines passing through the municipality. The listed routes include Beringen–Paal–Tessenderlo, Beringen–Lommel, Diest–Paal–Beringen and the Koersel–Stal–Beverlo demand-responsive bus. Stations in the area include Beringen, Beverlo, Heusden, Zolder and Leopoldsburg / Bourg-Léopold.
Families have 15 nurseries, 19 nursery schools, 18 primary schools and 6 secondary schools in the municipality. Examples include De Speelboom Beringen and Villa Duimelot Bvba for childcare, Vrije Basisschool Picard and Vrije Basisschool ‘De Beerring’ at nursery-school level, Vrije Lagere School - De Buiteling and Go! Basisschool Xplow among the primary schools, and Spectrumcollege Campus Beringen Bovenbouw S and Campus Flx Middenschool among the secondary schools. For shopping, the available supermarkets include 3 SPAR stores, 2 Aldi, 2 Delhaize, 1 Albert Heijn, 1 OKay, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt.
Beringen has no shared bicycles or shared cars. There are 2 electric-vehicle charging stations within the municipality. Liège Airport is 40 minutes away by car or 187 minutes by public transport. The local transport information lists buses and stations; it does not list metro or tram services. With 1.4 cars per household on average, the municipality’s household car figure is above the Belgian average of 1.3.