There are 6 flats for rent in Gerpinnes at present. The commune has 12,716 inhabitants over 47.7 km², with an average age close to 45. Home ownership is 76%, and average net annual income is €21,205. The population is 51.8% women. Recorded nationalities are 94.4% Belgian, 3.1% Italian, 0.9% French, 0.1% Moroccan, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Cameroonian and 1.1% other. The wider property market also includes 2 houses for rent, 35 houses for sale and 4 flats for sale.
Apartment buildings account for 9.3% of Gerpinnes’ building stock, while houses account for 90.7%. Across building types, 55.5% are open-type houses, farms or castles, 19.4% semi-detached houses, 13.8% closed-type houses, 9.1% buildings and blocks of flats, 1.1% commercial houses and 1.1% other types. Accommodation averages 6.4 rooms, and buildings were generally built around 1946. The average monthly rent for a flat is €1,033; current rents range from €680 to €1,300 per month.
Gerpinnes is served by the N5, N573, N574 and N975. The A54/E420, towards Nivelles and Charleroi, is a 14-minute drive from the centre; reaching the A15/E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège takes 16 minutes. TEC bus routes include 137 (Acoz–Mettet), 138b (Charleroi–Florennes), 19 (Gerpinnes–Nalinnes–Charleroi), 237 (Châtelineau–Acoz–Fromiée) and 451 (Charleroi–Philippeville–Couvin). The nearest stations to the town centre are Couillet, Châtelet, Jamioulx, Beignée and Ham-sur-Heure. No metro or tram service is listed. The commune has 18 nurseries, 8 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 2 secondary schools, including Ecole Fondamentale Libre Collège Saint-Augustin and Institut Notre-Dame De Loverval.
For groceries and other shopping, there are 2 Lidl stores, 2 Delhaize stores, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt in the commune. Gerpinnes does not offer shared cars or shared bicycles, and no EV charging station is known in the commune. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 18 minutes away by car or 82 minutes by public transport. Flats form part of a housing market where houses remain the larger share of the local building stock.