Hastière covers 56.6 km² and has 6,022 residents. The average age is 45, and 67% of residents own their homes. Average annual net income per person is €15,041. The population is 52% women and 48% men; nationalities are 94.8% Belgian, 2.8% French, 0.6% Italian, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Moroccan, 0.1% Spanish and 1.1% other. The commune has 28 houses for sale, with an average asking price of €183,693. Listed prices range from €45,000 to €575,000.
Houses account for 92.2% of the housing stock, while apartment buildings make up 7.8%. Dwellings average 5.2 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1954. Across the commune, building types comprise 42.4% other types, 34.6% open-type houses, farms and castles, 11.3% semi-closed houses, 5.9% closed houses, 4.4% buildings and apartment blocks, and 1.3% commercial houses. The local road network includes the N96, N908, N909, N915 and N936. From Hastière’s centre, access to the A4 / E411–E25, on the Brussels–Namur–Arlon route towards Luxembourg City, is 15 minutes away by car; access to the A15 / E42 is 39 minutes away.
TEC bus services in the commune include line 154a between Dinant and Givet, line 422 between Beauraing, Givet and Doische, line 453 between Philippeville and Heer-Agimont, line 60/3 between Pesche, Couvin, Mazée and Heer, and line 95/1, Proxibus d’Hastière. The nearest railway stations to the centre are Anseremme, Dinant, Gendron-Celles, Houyet and Beauraing. There are 5 nurseries, 6 nursery schools and 6 primary schools, including Ecole Fondamentale Communale Hastière and Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Anne. There is no secondary school in the commune.
Hastière has 1 SPAR. There is no shared-bike service or shared-car fleet in the commune, and no known EV charging station. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport, 47 minutes away by car or 217 minutes by public transport. For a house buyer, the current listings span a wide price range, while the commune’s housing stock is predominantly made up of houses. The available local figures also place home ownership at 67% and describe a population of 6,022 across 56.6 km².