There is currently 1 house for rent in Brugelette, at €1,125 per month. The average monthly rent is also €1,125, and the listed range runs from €1,125 to €1,125. Brugelette has 3,728 residents within 28.6 km². The average age is about 38, 73% of residents own their homes, and average net income per person is €16,873 net per year. The population is 50.6% women and 49.4% men, with nationalities recorded as 92.1% Belgian, 3.5% United States, 1.4% French, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Romanian and 1.4% other.
Houses make up 93.1% of the building stock, while apartment buildings account for 6.9%. Homes average 6.1 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1917. By building type, the breakdown is 41.7% open-type houses, farms and castles, 30.1% semi-closed houses, 19.6% closed houses, 6.8% buildings and flat blocks, 1.2% commercial houses and 0.5% other types. The N56, N523 and N525 pass through Brugelette. Driving from the centre, the A8 / E429–E42 access towards Halle, Tournai and Lille takes 11 minutes; the A7 / E19–E42 access towards Halle, Nivelles, Mons and Valenciennes takes 16 minutes.
Public transport includes TEC bus line 100 between Ath and Saint-Ghislain, TEC line 12 between Saint-Ghislain and Wasmuël, and the NMBS/SNCB bus line between Tournai and Mouscron. Stations nearest the centre are Brugelette, Mevergnies-Attre, Cambron-Casteau, Maffle and Lens. The municipality has 8 nurseries, 2 nursery schools, 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school, La Maison Des Phénix. Ecole Fondamentale Communale and Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Louis are among the named nursery and primary schools. Shopping in town includes 1 OKay. Average car ownership is 1.2 vehicles per household. Brugelette has no shared-bike or shared-car service and no known EV charging station. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 37 minutes by car and 123 minutes by public transport.