Durbuy has 11,395 residents across 157.1 km². The average age is close to 43, women make up 50.5% of the population, and 68% of residents own their homes. Average net income is €16,440 per year. Households have an average of 1.2 cars. The population is 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 nationalities. Houses make up 87.2% of the dwellings and apartment buildings 12.8%; homes average 5.8 rooms, and the average construction year is 1948.
Among building types, 45.7% are open houses, farms and castles, 22.1% are other types of buildings, 15.5% are semi-detached houses, 9.7% are apartment buildings and blocks, 4.5% are terraced houses and 2.5% are commercial houses. There are currently no houses listed for rent, so no house-rental price or rent range is provided. The N86, N623, N638, N806 and N813 run through the commune. The A26/E25 entrance towards Liège, Bastogne and Neufchâteau is 22 minutes by car from the town centre, and the A15/E42 entrance towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is 36 minutes away.
TEC buses serving the area include line 10/2 from Aywaille via Hamoir, Durbuy and Barvaux to Bomal; line 10/4 between Bomal and Tohogne; line 11/3 between Melreux, Heyd, Bomal and Petithan; line 11a, the Proxibus de Durbuy; and line 99 between Ocquier, Durbuy, Barvaux and Bomal. The closest stations to the town centre are Barvaux, Bomal, Sy, Melreux-Hotton and Hamoir. Families have 13 nurseries, 9 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 3 secondary schools in the commune. Examples include Les Tamarins, Ecole Communale Fondamentale Borlon-Tohogne and Institut Du Sacre-Coeur. Shopping choices include 2 SPAR stores, 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize.
There are 2 electric-vehicle charging stations in Durbuy. No shared bicycles or shared cars are currently available. Liège Airport is 38 minutes away by car, or 142 minutes by public transport. Local businesses include 91 in mixed farming, 56 in restaurants and mobile food service, 37 in holiday and other short-stay accommodation, 36 in joinery installation and 34 in landscape services. There are also 48 companies in hairdressing and other beauty treatment.