A total of 7,357 people live in Hamois, within an area of 76.6 km². The average age is close to 38, and women make up 50.4% of residents. The homeownership rate is 74%; average net income is €18,419 per year. The population is 97.8% Belgian, 0.9% French, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Italian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Iraqi and 0.6% other. Households average 1.4 cars.
Houses account for 96.8% of dwellings in Hamois and apartment buildings for 3.2%. The average home has 6.4 rooms, and buildings date to around 1936 on average. The housing types are 67.7% open-type houses, farms and castles, 21% semi-closed houses, 5.9% closed houses, 3.1% buildings and flat blocks, 1.3% other building types and 1% commercial houses. There are currently 0 flats for rent, and the stated monthly rent figure is €0. For comparison within the local listings, 2 flats are for sale at a stated price of €299,075, with both the lowest and highest figures at €299,075.
The A4/E411–E25 can be reached from the centre in 11 minutes by car; the route serves the Brussels, Namur and Arlon direction and continues towards Luxembourg City. The A15/E42, linking La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège, is 27 minutes away. Hamois’s main roads are the N97, N921, N938 and N946. Bus services are TEC 126b between Ciney and Havelange, 13 between Andenne (Seilles) and Ciney, 48 between Ciney and Bonsin, 66 between Namur, Gesves and Ciney, and E80 between Havelange, Hamois, Ciney and Dinant. Stations named for the area are Natoye, Ciney, Florée, Leignon and Chapois.
The municipality has 21 nurseries, 6 nursery schools and 6 primary schools. Examples include Z'Apperlipopette and C. D. for nurseries, and communal schools in Schaltin, Natoye and Hamois. There is no secondary school. Hamois has 64 mixed-farming firms, 27 landscape-service businesses, 26 motor-vehicle maintenance and repair companies, 25 hairdressing and beauty-treatment businesses, 19 other business-support firms and 18 electrical-installation firms. Liège Airport is 42 minutes away by car or 142 minutes by public transport. No shared bicycles, shared cars or known EV charging stations are listed in the municipality.