Moerbeke currently has 8 flats for rent. The average monthly rent is €881, with the listed range running from €695 to €1,100. The municipality is home to 6,481 people across 37.9 km². The average age is close to 41, and 50.2% of residents are women. Homeowners account for 76% of residents, and average annual net income is €20,323. Nationalities are 96.2% Belgian, 1.9% Dutch, 0.6% Polish, 0.3% Romanian, 0.1% Serbian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% German and 0.8% other.
Apartment buildings represent 8.1% of Moerbeke’s buildings, while houses make up 91.9%. The overall average home has 5.8 rooms, compared with 6 nationally, and buildings date on average to around 1954. The building-type breakdown is 41% open-type houses, farms or castles, 28.7% semi-detached houses, 17.5% closed-type houses, 7.7% buildings and flat blocks, 3.1% other types and 2% commercial houses. For travel by road, the A11/E34 entrance towards Antwerpen and Zelzate is 4 minutes by car from the centre. The A14/E17 access, on the route through Antwerpen, Sint-Niklaas, Gent and Kortrijk towards Lille, is 16 minutes away.
There are 6 bus lines passing through Moerbeke, including De Lijn routes 240, 41, 44, 49 and 85. Listed journeys include Brussel–Wemmel, Sint-Truiden–Jeuk, Genk–Opglabbeek (Nieuwe Kempen), Gent Sint-Pieters–Herzele–Geraardsbergen and Antw. LO–Beveren–Vrasene–SGW–Stekene–Moerbeke. The available stations are Lokeren, Sinaai, Belsele, Beervelde and Zele. The municipality has 3 nurseries, 3 nursery schools, 2 primary schools and 7 secondary schools. Examples named locally include 'T Pereleerke, 'T Filofantje, Vrije Basisschool - De Palster, Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Vlinderdreef, Go! Middenschool Mira Hamme and Go! Technisch Atheneum Lokeren.
Moerbeke’s shops include 1 OKay, 1 Match / Smatch and 1 Carrefour. The municipality has 1 Cambio car-sharing station; no shared bicycles or known EV charging station are listed. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is reachable in 31 minutes by car or 95 minutes by public transport. Alongside the 8 rental flats, the current market also includes 44 flats for sale, priced from €125,000 to €750,000, and 117 houses for sale.