The rental choice for houses in Lobbes currently consists of 1 listing, priced at €1,800 per month. The stated average monthly rent is also €1,800, and the recorded low and high are both €1,800. Lobbes has 5,832 residents across 32.2 km². The average age is 42, 51.4% of residents are women, and 76% of residents own their homes. Average annual net income per person is €19,011. The population’s recorded nationalities are 96.7% Belgian, 1.6% Italian, 1% French, 0.1% Tunisian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Polish and 0.4% other. Houses represent 94.2% of dwellings, against 5.8% for apartment buildings. The average dwelling has 5.9 rooms; buildings date from around 1925 on average. Building types are 47.8% open-type houses, farms or castles, 33.1% semi-closed houses, 10.8% closed houses, 5.7% buildings and flat blocks, 1.6% commercial houses and 1% other types.
Road connections include the N54, N59, N559 and N562. From the centre, the A15/E42 towards La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur and Liège is a 13-minute drive; access to the A54/E420 towards Nivelles and Charleroi takes 17 minutes. TEC buses serving the area include line 108 between Binche and Erquelinnes, line 109b between Lobbes, Thuilies and Beaumont, line 119 via Anderlues, Biercée and Ragnies to Beaumont, line 21 between Binche and Estinnes, and line 91 through Montigny, Thuin, Anderlues, Piéton and Chapelle. The listed stations are Lobbes, Thuin, Hourpes, Fontaine-Valmont and Labuissière. There is 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize for everyday shopping.
Lobbes has 5 nurseries, 6 nursery schools and 6 primary schools. Examples include Ecole Communale Fondamentale De Lobbes and Ecole Communale Fondamentale De Mont-Sars; no secondary school is listed in the municipality. No shared bicycles or shared cars are offered, and there is no known EV charging station. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 21 minutes away by car and 99 minutes by public transport. The municipality’s housing stock is predominantly houses, and the current house rental listing is priced at €1,800 monthly.