There are currently 0 houses for rent in Dour. The listed average monthly rent is €0, and the recorded highest and lowest monthly prices are both €0. Dour has 16,644 inhabitants living across 33.6 km². The average age is 41; 68% of residents own their dwelling, and average net income per person is €15,199 a year. Households have an average of 1.1 cars. The population is 93.2% Belgian, 3.4% Italian, 2% French, 0.2% Algerian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Moroccan and 0.8% other nationalities. Women account for 51.8% of residents.
Houses make up 96.8% of Dour’s dwellings, compared with 3.2% in apartment buildings. In the building stock, 38.7% are closed-type houses, 34.2% semi-closed houses and 20.4% open-type houses, farms or castles. Buildings and flat blocks account for 3.1%, commercial houses 3% and other types 0.6%. Buildings date on average to around 1916, and accommodation has an average of 5.9 rooms. There are 40 houses for sale in the commune, with an average asking price of €150,944 and a range from €25,000 to €325,000; the rental market currently has no houses listed.
The N51, N549, N552 and N553 provide road access around Dour. By car, the town centre is 10 minutes from an entrance to the A7 / E19–E42 towards Halle, Nivelles, Mons and Valenciennes. The A16 / E42 entrance towards Tournai is 23 minutes away. TEC services stopping in Dour include lines 2 (Mons–Dour), 7 (Quiévrain–Mons), 8/ (Dour–Blaugies), 8 (Dour–Erquennes) and 9 (Mons–Dour), among 10 bus lines in the commune. The nearest stations to the centre are Hainin, Thulin, Boussu, Saint-Ghislain and Quiévrain.
There are 10 nurseries, 13 nursery schools, 13 primary schools and 2 secondary schools in the commune. Named examples include Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Victor - Saint-Joseph, Ecole Communale Fondamentale De Moranfayt, Ecole Communale Fondamentale De Petit Dour, Ecole Communale De L'Athénée, Athenee Royal Dour and Institut De La Sainte-Union. Shopping choices include 2 Carrefour stores, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Trafic, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize. Dour has 1 EV charging station and no shared bicycles or shared cars. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 38 minutes away by car, or 123 minutes by public transport.