Renters looking for a house in Couvin will find a municipality of 13,747 people spread over 207 km². The average age is 43, women represent 51.2% of residents, and 64% of residents own their homes. Average annual net income per capita is €15,347. Nationalities are 95.9% Belgian, 2.4% French, 0.5% Italian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Moroccan, 0.1% German and 0.8% other. Houses account for 93.6% of dwellings; apartment buildings make up 6.4%. Dwellings average 5.9 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1932. Across the building stock, 41.8% are open-type houses, farms or castles, 19.9% semi-closed houses, 19.4% closed houses, 10.7% other buildings, 5.5% buildings and flat blocks, and 2.7% commercial houses.
There are 4 houses for rent. The average monthly rent is €694, with current rents ranging from €600 to €775 per month. The main roads through the area include the N5, N99, N589, N920 and N939. From the town centre, the A54 / E420 motorway entrance is 33 minutes by car; the A4 / E411–E25 entrance is 43 minutes away. TEC bus connections include line 156c from Chimay to Mariembourg / Pesche, line 451 from Charleroi through Philippeville to Couvin, line 59/1 between Pesche, Couvin, Cul-des-Sarts and Chimay, line 60/1 between Chimay, Gonrieux and Couvin, and line E86 between Namur and Couvin. The listed stations are Couvin, Mariembourg, Philippeville, Yves-Gomezée and Walcourt.
Families can choose among 8 nurseries, 19 nursery schools, 18 primary schools and 3 secondary schools in the commune. Named examples include N. R., Ecole Fondamentale Communale Des Frontières, Ecole Fondamentale Annexée À L'Athénée Royal Jean Rey - Couvin, Athenee Royal Jean Rey and Institut Sainte-Marie. The supermarket list includes 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Match / Smatch, 1 Trafic, 1 SPAR, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL, 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize. Households average 1.1 cars, while the national average is 1.3. There are no shared bicycles or shared cars listed in Couvin, and no known charging station. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 37 minutes away by car or 124 minutes by public transport. Local businesses include 54 in mixed farming, 52 in hairdressing and other beauty treatment, 32 in restaurants and mobile food service, 25 in business and management consultancy, 24 in other human health activities and 23 in joinery installation.
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