Dour currently has 4 flats for rent. Monthly rents range from €830 to €3,450, with an average of €1,520. The commune has 16,644 inhabitants over 33.6 km² and an average age of 41. Home ownership is 68%, average net income per person is €15,199 per year, and households have 1.1 cars on average. The population is 93.2% Belgian, 3.4% Italian, 2% French, 0.2% Algerian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Moroccan and 0.8% other nationalities. Women make up 51.8% of residents.
Apartments are a small part of the local housing stock: 3.2% of dwellings are in apartment buildings, while 96.8% are houses. The building types include 38.7% closed houses, 34.2% semi-closed houses, 20.4% open-type houses, farms or castles, 3.1% buildings and flat blocks, 3% commercial houses and 0.6% other types. The average building age is around 1916, and dwellings have an average of 5.9 rooms. For comparison within the local market, 5 flats are for sale at an average price of €175,000, with sale prices between €75,000 and €285,000.
The town is connected by the N51, N549, N552 and N553. An entrance to the A7 / E19–E42, linking Halle, Nivelles, Mons and Valenciennes, is 10 minutes by car from the centre; the A16 / E42 entrance towards Tournai is 23 minutes away. Public transport includes 10 TEC bus lines stopping in Dour. These include line 2 between Mons and Dour, line 7 between Quiévrain and Mons, line 8/ between Dour and Blaugies, line 8 between Dour and Erquennes, and line 9 between Mons and Dour. The nearest stations to the centre are Hainin, Thulin, Boussu, Saint-Ghislain and Quiévrain.
Childcare and education provision includes 10 nurseries, 13 nursery schools, 13 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Examples named locally are Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Victor - Saint-Joseph, Ecole Communale Fondamentale De Moranfayt, Ecole Communale Fondamentale De Petit Dour, Ecole Communale De L'Athénée, Athenee Royal Dour and Institut De La Sainte-Union. For shopping, Dour has 2 Carrefour stores, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Trafic, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize. There is 1 electric-vehicle charging station, and no shared bicycles or shared cars in the commune. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 38 minutes away by car and 123 minutes by public transport.