Ixelles / Elsene has 86,876 inhabitants across 6.4 km². The average age is 37, and 71% of residents are tenants. Average net income per capita is €16,829 a year. The population is 52.1% Belgian, 13.4% French, 5.3% Italian, 3% Spanish, 2.1% Portuguese, 2.1% German, 2% Romanian and 20.1% from other countries. Women make up 51% of the population. The municipality has 112 houses listed for sale, with an average asking price of €1,565,679. Current prices range from €349,000 to €9,000,000.
Houses account for 36.2% of the dwellings in Ixelles / Elsene, while apartment buildings account for 63.8%. Across the local housing stock, 58.3% is buildings and flat blocks, 32.1% closed-type houses, 7.2% commercial houses, 1.4% other building types, 0.9% semi-closed houses and 0.1% open-type houses, farms or castles. Buildings date on average from around 1919, and homes have an average of 4.7 rooms. The N5, R20a, R21 and N261 pass through the municipality. From its centre, access to the A4 / E411–E25 towards Brussels, Namur and Arlon is a 4-minute drive; access to the A3 / E25–E40–E42 towards Leuven, Liège and Eupen takes 7 minutes.
Public transport includes metro lines 2 and 6, and tram lines 25, 7, 8, 81 and 92. Bus services include lines 34, 38, 60, 71 and 95, among 35 bus lines serving Ixelles / Elsene. The nearest stations to the centre are Etterbeek, Mouterij / Germoir, Delta, Arcaden / Arcades and Brussel-Luxemburg / Bruxelles-Luxembourg. For families, the municipality has 37 nurseries, 24 nursery schools, 24 primary schools and 14 secondary schools. Examples include Bleu Ciel, Les Petits Poneys, Groupe Scolaire De Ten Bosch and Athenee Royal D'Ixelles.
Everyday shopping options include 13 Carrefour stores, 12 Delhaize stores, 2 LIDL stores, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 OKay and 1 Delitraiteur. There are 28 Villo! bike-share stations, 24 Cambio car-share stations and 10 electric-vehicle charging stations. Brussels Airport is 13 minutes away by car or 55 minutes by public transport. The municipality has fewer than 1 car per household on average: the figure is 0.4.