In Oreye / Oerle, 3,895 people live within an area of 19.5 km². The average age is 40, and women account for 51.7% of residents. Home ownership stands at 78%, and average net income per person is €19,466 a year. Residents are 96.3% Belgian, 1.1% Italian, 0.4% French, 0.4% Romanian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Albanian and 1.3% other nationalities. The most common men’s first names are Jean, Philippe, Michel, Alain and Joseph; for women, they are Marie, Nathalie, Sophie, Valérie and Maria.
Apartment buildings represent 10.7% of dwellings in the municipality; houses account for 89.3%. Across the building stock, 43.3% are open-type houses, farms or castles, 32% semi-detached houses, 11.6% closed-type houses, 10.4% buildings and flat blocks, 1.7% commercial houses and 0.9% other types. Homes average 6.4 rooms, and the average building dates from 1942. There are 4 flats for sale, with prices ranging from €230,550 to €286,200 and an average of €267,650.
Road connections include the N3 and N69. From the centre, the A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 towards Brussels, Leuven, Liège, Eupen and Aachen is a 6-minute drive; the A15 / E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is reachable in 14 minutes. Public transport includes De Lijn line 26 and TEC lines 147, 175, 247 and 75, among 8 bus lines serving the municipality. The nearest railway stations are Remicourt, Momalle, Bleret, Fexhe-Le-Haut-Clocher and Borgworm / Waremme. No metro or tram line is listed.
There are 3 nurseries, 4 nursery schools and 4 primary schools locally, with no secondary school listed. Examples include Les P'Tites Oreye and Amélie Neuville nurseries; Ecole Libre Immaculée Conception and Ecole Fondamentale Communale nursery schools; and Ecole Libre Immaculée Conception and Ecole Fondamentale Libre Notre-Dame primary schools. One Carrefour is located in town. Oreye / Oerle has no known shared-bike scheme, shared cars or EV charging stations. Liège Airport can be reached in 14 minutes by car or 73 minutes by public transport.