In Virton, 11,332 people live within a municipal area of 95.6 km². The average age is about 41 years, and 68% of residents own their homes. Average net income per person is €17,540 a year. The population is 51.2% women; nationalities are 92.6% Belgian, 3.7% French, 0.7% Portuguese, 0.4% Luxembourgish, 0.4% Italian, 0.2% Moroccan, 0.2% Turkish and 1.7% other. The local housing stock has an average of 6.2 rooms per home. Buildings date on average from around 1935, with houses accounting for 86.8% of the stock and apartment buildings 13.2%.
There is 1 house listed for rent, at an average monthly rent of €950. The lowest and highest listed rents are both €950 per month. In the wider building stock, 31.3% are open-type houses, farms and castles, 25.2% semi-closed houses and 24.3% closed houses. Buildings and flat blocks make up 12.3%, commercial houses 3.6% and other types 3.3%. Main roads through Virton are the D 29, R80, N82, N87 and N88. The A4 / E411 - E25 access towards Brussels, Namur, Arlon and Luxembourg city is 15 minutes from the centre by car; reaching the A28 / E411 towards Aubange, Athus and Longwy takes 24 minutes.
Bus connections include 20 TEC lines, among them 155b from Saint-Mard through Virton to Marbehan, 16 between Virton, Athus and Arlon, 19 between Andenne and Forville, 39 between Musson, Ruette and Virton, and 391 between Saint-Léger, Ruette and Virton. Stations named for the area are Virton, Halanzy, Marbehan, Habay and Aubange. The municipality has 8 nurseries, 10 nursery schools, 10 primary schools and 6 secondary schools. Examples include the nurseries L'Ile Aux Enfants Ethe and La Frimousse; Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Mard Et Ethe and Ecole Communale De Chenois; Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Virton and Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Mard Et Ethe; and the secondary schools Institut De La Sainte Famille I.s.f. and Institut Des Arts Et Metiers.
For everyday shopping, Virton has 1 Trafic, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL, 1 Carrefour, 1 Colruyt and 1 Delhaize. There are no shared bicycles or shared cars in the municipality, and no charging station for electric vehicles is known there. Liège Airport is 94 minutes away by car; the public-transport journey is 207 minutes. The rental market currently includes a single house listing at €950 per month.