Kraainem currently has 29 flats available to rent. Monthly rents average €1,596, and the listed range is €815 to €2,250. The municipality covers 5.8 km² and has 13,730 inhabitants, with an average age close to 40. Home ownership is 69%, and the average net income is €21,829 per year. The population is 51.7% women. Nationalities represented include Belgian (68.9%), French (4.5%), Italian (3.5%), German (2.4%), Spanish (1.6%), Polish (1.6%), Portuguese (1.6%) and other nationalities (15.8%).
Apartment buildings account for 23.8% of buildings in Kraainem, while houses make up 76.2%. The building types are semi-detached houses (28.5%), detached houses, farms and castles (24.9%), apartment buildings (23.6%), terraced houses (22.1%), commercial houses (0.7%) and other types (0.2%). The average home has 6.2 rooms, and buildings were generally built around 1964. The centre is about a 1-minute drive from both the R0 and the A3 / E25–E40–E42. The N2, N3, N226 and N227 are also accessible in Kraainem.
For public transport, STIB tram 39 runs between Montgomery and Ban-Eik, while tram 44 connects Montgomery with Tervuren Station. The municipality is served by 15 bus lines, including De Lijn 316 to Leuven via Sterrebeek and Leefdaal, 317 to Leuven via Tervuren and Bertem, 318 between Brussels and Leuven via Moorsel, 352 to Leuven via Kortenberg and Erps-Kwerps, and 659 between Zaventem and Roodebeek. Stations listed as nearest to the centre are Zaventem, Nossegem, Diegem, Brussels Airport–Zaventem and Bordet. Childcare and education options include 10 nurseries, among them Mélimômes and Happy Feet Astrid, 2 nursery schools and 2 primary schools, including Gemeentelijke Basisschool and Gemeentelijke Basisschool – De Klimboom. Kraainem has no secondary school.
The available supermarkets and food shops include 2 Carrefour, 2 Delhaize, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Delitraiteur and 1 Colruyt. There is 1 electric-car charging station in the municipality. Shared bicycles and shared cars are not available. Brussels Airport is 6 minutes away by car or 43 minutes by public transport. Rental flats currently range from €815 to €2,250 per month, with an average monthly rent of €1,596.