With 197,327 residents across 68.6 km², Liège is a substantial urban municipality. Its average age is 39; 50.5% of residents are women. Tenants account for 51% of residents, average net income per person is €14,873 per year, and households have 0.7 cars on average. Nationalities recorded in the population are 81.6% Belgian, 3.5% Italian, 2.4% French, 1.9% Moroccan, 1.5% Spanish, 0.8% Romanian, 0.7% Congolese and 7.6% other. The building stock is made up of 64.3% houses and 35.7% apartment buildings. Buildings and flat blocks represent 32.9% of all buildings, while closed-type houses represent 47.3%, semi-closed houses 8.8%, commercial houses 6.6%, and open-type houses, farms and castles 3.2%. The average building dates from around 1927; the average home has about 5.3 rooms.
There are 336 flats for sale, at an average price of €257,575. Current asking prices span from €49,000 to €1,925,000. Road access includes the N3, N3g, N20, N30 and N30A. The A25/E25, linking Liège with Visé and Maastricht, is a 2-minute drive from the centre; the A602/E25 is 3 minutes away. Public transport is served by 77 bus lines with stops in Liège. These include TEC line 1 from Coronmeuse through St-Lambert to Guillemins, line 4 on the urban loop, line 10 towards Beyne and Fléron, line 29 towards Chênée, and line 48 via Guillemins to Sart-Tilman Université and CHU. Stations nearest the centre are Liège-Saint-Lambert, Liège-Carré, Liège-Guillemins, Bressoux and Herstal.
The municipality has 127 nurseries, 110 nursery schools, 115 primary schools and 56 secondary schools. Examples include Groupe Scolaire Communal Glain - Burenville, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Odile - Saint-Albert, Groupe Scolaire Arnould Clausse - Naniot, Ecole Fondamentale Arnould Clausse Laveu 2, Institut Saint-Joseph Et Sainte-Julienne and Ecole De Coiffure Et De Bioesthetique. For groceries, there are 24 Carrefour, 15 Delhaize, 7 Aldi, 6 Lidl, 5 Louis Delhaize, 3 Trafic, 3 Colruyt, plus 1 each of Cora, Bio-Planet, OKay, SPAR, Delitraiteur and Intermarché. Shared and lower-emission travel options include 13 electric-vehicle charging stations, 1 Blue-bike station and 19 Cambio stations. Liège Airport can be reached in 8 minutes by car or 43 minutes by public transport.