There is currently 1 house for rent in Ecaussinnes. The average monthly rent is €1,100, and the listed rental range runs from €1,100 to €1,100. The municipality covers 34.9 km² and has 11,159 inhabitants. Average age is 40; 73% of residents own their home, and average net income is €17,463 per person per year. Women account for 51.1% of the population. Nationalities are 94.6% Belgian, 1.2% Italian, 1.1% French, 0.7% Romanian, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.4% American, 0.3% Spanish and 1.1% other.
Houses account for 90.8% of the housing stock in Ecaussinnes, with apartment buildings making up 9.2%. Homes have an average of 5.7 rooms, and buildings date on average from 1921. The overall building mix includes 40.3% closed-type houses, 24.8% semi-closed houses, 23% open-type houses, farms or castles, 8.9% buildings and flat blocks, 2.2% commercial houses and 0.8% other types. These are municipality-wide housing figures. Households have an average of 1.2 cars, below the national figure of 1.3.
From the centre, access to the A7 / E19 - E42 takes 7 minutes by car; this motorway route serves Halle, Nivelles and Mons towards Valenciennes. The A15 / E42, connecting towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège, is 9 minutes away. The N57, N532, N534 and N 532 are among the main roads in the municipality. Public transport includes NMBS/SNCB Line BUS between Tournai and Mouscron, TEC Line 107 between Jolimont and Ecaussinnes, and TEC Line 71 between Manage/Nivelles and Soignies. Stations closest to the centre include Écaussinnes, Marche-Lez-Écaussinnes, 'S Gravenbrakel / Braine-Le-Comte, Familleureux and Zinnik / Soignies.
Childcare and education options include 16 nurseries, 9 nursery schools, 9 primary schools and 1 secondary school. Examples of local schools are Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sacré-Coeur - Saint-Géry, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Rémy, Ecole Communale Fondamentale Odenat Bouton and Lycee Provincial Des Sciences Et Des Technologies. Shopping includes 2 Carrefour supermarkets and 1 SPAR. No shared bicycles or shared cars are available in the municipality, and there is no known EV charging station. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 22 minutes away by car; the public-transport journey takes 123 minutes.