There is 1 house for rent in Bertem, at €2,000 per month. The municipality has 10,007 inhabitants living across 30 km², and the average age is 41. Women make up 50.8% of residents; 78% own their homes, and average annual net income per capita is €22,947. The population is 92.3% Belgian, 1.4% Dutch, 1% Romanian, 0.7% British, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% German, 0.4% French and 3.4% other nationalities.
Houses represent 90.7% of dwellings in Bertem, compared with 9.3% in apartment buildings. The average building age is around 1956, while the average accommodation has 6.2 rooms. The building mix is 46.8% open-type houses, farms and castles, 30% semi-detached houses, 11.6% terraced houses, 9.1% buildings and apartment blocks, 1.7% commercial houses and 0.8% other types. Households have an average of 1.4 cars. Road access includes the N3 and N253. From Bertem centre, the A3 / E25–E40–E42 is 2 minutes away by car, and the A2 / E314 is 5 minutes away.
Public transport includes 17 bus lines. De Lijn routes include line 316 from Kraainem via Sterrebeek and Leefdaal to Leuven, line 317 from Kraainem via Tervuren and Bertem to Leuven, line 318 between Brussels, Moorsel and Leuven, line 395 between Leuven, Overijse and Hoeilaart, and line 616 between Leuven, Bertem, Moorsel, Sterrebeek and Zaventem. The listed stations are Veltem, Oud-Heverlee, Erps-Kwerps, Heverlee and Herent. Families have 5 nurseries, 3 nursery schools and 3 primary schools to choose from; Bertem has no secondary school. The municipality has 1 Louis Delhaize and 1 Carrefour. There is 1 EV charging station, with no shared bicycles or shared cars. Brussels Airport is 11 minutes away by car and 64 minutes by public transport.