In Ronse / Renaix, 26,479 people live within a municipal area of 34.7 km². The average age is 40; women account for 51% of residents, and 71% of residents own their homes. Average annual net income per person is €15,480. The population is 91.8% Belgian, 1.8% Moroccan, 0.9% French, 0.8% Spanish, 0.6% Dutch, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Romanian and 3.2% other. Homes average 6.1 rooms, and buildings have an average age of around 1936. The housing stock is made up of 80.8% houses and 19.2% apartment buildings. By building type, 18.4% are buildings and flat blocks; the other recorded types are 47% closed houses, 17.5% open houses, farms or castles, 12.8% semi-closed houses, 3.3% commercial houses and 1.1% other buildings.
There are 55 flats for sale, with an average listed price of €284,993. The least expensive listed flat is €159,500 and the highest-priced is €430,615. The local house market has 79 properties for sale, averaging €372,835, with prices from €75,000 to €1,750,000. Ronse / Renaix has an average of 1.1 cars per household. From the town centre, the A8 / E429–E42 towards Tournai and Lille takes 11 minutes by car to reach; the A14 / E17 towards Ghent and Kortrijk is 22 minutes away. The N, N36f, N36, N48b and N48 also serve the area.
Public transport includes 23 bus lines stopping in Ronse / Renaix. Among the named routes are TEC 87, Ronse / Renaix–Enghien / Edingen, and TEC 97, Tournai–Renaix / Ronse; De Lijn lines 460, 470 and 61 are also listed. The nearest stations to the centre are Ronse / Renaix, Oudenaarde / Audenarde, Anzegem, Eine and Sint-Denijs-Boekel. Families have 7 nurseries, 18 nursery schools, 17 primary schools and 4 secondary schools in the municipality. Examples include the nurseries Mikarolleke and Hubbel En Bubbel, Vrije Basisschool - Glorieux 3, Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Antonius 1 and Go! Atheneum Da Vinci Campus.
The grocery options listed locally are 3 Delhaize stores, 1 Albert Heijn, 1 Aldi, 1 Lidl, 1 Carrefour and 1 Colruyt. No shared-bike or shared-car service is listed, and there is no known EV charging station in the municipality. Wevelgem Airport is 35 minutes away by car, or 78 minutes by public transport. Among local business categories, 68 firms operate in restaurants and mobile food service, 57 in activities of head offices and 47 in business and management consultancy.