Across Durbuy’s 157.1 km², 11,395 people live in a housing stock that is 87.2% houses and 12.8% apartment buildings. The average building dates from 1948, and homes have an average of 5.8 rooms. Residents have an average age close to 43; 50.5% are women, and 68% own their homes. Average net income is €16,440 a year, while households have an average of 1.2 cars. Nationalities are 95.5% Belgian, 1.3% Dutch, 0.9% French, 0.4% Italian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% German and 1.4% other.
The building mix includes 45.7% open houses, farms and castles, 22.1% other building types, 15.5% semi-detached houses, 9.7% apartment buildings and blocks, 4.5% terraced houses and 2.5% commercial houses. There are 44 flats for sale. Their listed prices range from €60,000 to €1,150,000, with an average of €343,054. Durbuy is served by the N86, N623, N638, N806 and N813. The A26/E25 entrance towards Liège, Bastogne and Neufchâteau is 22 minutes by car from the town centre; the A15/E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is 36 minutes away.
For public transport, TEC line 10/2 links Aywaille, Hamoir, Durbuy, Barvaux and Bomal, while line 10/4 runs between Bomal and Tohogne. Line 11/3 serves Melreux, Heyd, Bomal and Petithan; line 11a is the Proxibus de Durbuy, and line 99 connects Ocquier, Durbuy, Barvaux and Bomal. The nearest stations to the town centre are Barvaux, Bomal, Sy, Melreux-Hotton and Hamoir. Childcare and education provision includes 13 nurseries, 9 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. Examples named locally include Les Tamarins, Ecole Fondamentale Annexée À L'A.r De Marche - Barvaux-Sur-Ourthe and Institut Du Sacre-Coeur.
Everyday shopping options include 2 SPAR stores, 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize. There are 2 EV charging stations in the commune, but no shared bicycles or shared cars at present. Liège Airport can be reached in 38 minutes by car and 142 minutes by public transport. The local business mix includes 91 mixed-farming companies, 56 restaurants and mobile food-service businesses, 48 hairdressing and beauty-treatment firms, 37 holiday and short-stay accommodation businesses, 36 joinery installation firms and 34 landscape-service businesses.
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