Poverty and living standards in Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium): official figures
16.3% of the tax returns filed in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €530,000 in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement in 2025, the highest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 68% above the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement?
Apartments in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement changed hands at a median of €270,000 in 2025, across 10,983 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow many people are poor in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement?
21.7% of residents of the Brussels-Capital arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyWhat is the median disposable income in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement?
Half of the residents of the Brussels-Capital arrondissement had an equivalised disposable income below €25,025 in 2023, after taxes and including benefits, against a Belgian median of €29,468.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyMore figures
- Median house prices in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement rose 47% in ten years, from €360,000 in 2015 to €530,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €1,060,000 in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement in 2025, against €510,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 2,183 houses were sold in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €383,000 and a quarter for more than €750,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Brussels-Capital arrondissement went from 26.8% in 2015 to 21.7% in 2023, a change of -5.0 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 19 communes of the Brussels-Capital arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €20,862 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode to €34,305 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ranks 1 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad | 16.3% |
| 2 | Arr. Arlon | 10.8% |
| 3 | Arr. Charleroi | 10.2% |
| 4 | Arr. Mons | 9.8% |
| 5 | Arr. Liège | 9.2% |
| 6 | Arr. La Louvière | 9.1% |
| 7 | Arr. Soignies | 7.9% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ranks 1 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad | 21.7% |
| 2 | Arr. Charleroi | 19.2% |
| 3 | Arr. Liège | 16.4% |
| 4 | Arr. La Louvière | 15.6% |
| 5 | Arr. Mons | 15.4% |
| 6 | Arr. Verviers — communes francophones | 13.5% |
| 7 | Arr. Thuin | 12.6% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ranks 44 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Arr. Charleroi | -2.7 |
| 39 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | -2.7 |
| 40 | Arr. Diksmuide | -2.7 |
| 41 | Arr. Huy | -3.0 |
| 42 | Arr. Philippeville | -3.1 |
| 43 | Arr. Mons | -3.1 |
| 44 | Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad | -5.0 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ranks 1 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad | €530,000 |
| 2 | Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde | €415,000 |
| 3 | Arr. Antwerpen | €405,000 |
| 4 | Arr. Nivelles | €405,000 |
| 5 | Arr. Gent | €390,000 |
| 6 | Arr. Leuven | €385,000 |
| 7 | Arr. Brugge | €365,000 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ranks 29 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Arr. Roeselare | +49% |
| 27 | Arr. Turnhout | +48% |
| 28 | Arr. Oudenaarde | +48% |
| 29 | Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad | +47% |
| 30 | Arr. Philippeville | +46% |
| 31 | Arr. Charleroi | +46% |
| 32 | Arr. La Louvière | +44% |
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Sources
- Statbel (Belgian statistical office): Fiscal statistics on income subject to personal income tax, by municipality of residence, income years 2005-2023 (TF_PSNL_INC_TAX_MUNTY), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5ff459c06f5f…)
- Statbel (Belgian statistical office): Equivalent administrative disposable income and administrative risk of poverty by municipality, income years 2015-2023 (DataLab), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8fd608fc02ca…)
- Statbel (Belgian statistical office): Real estate sales according to the nature of the property in the deed of sale, by municipality, arrondissement, province and region, 2010-2026, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 bd4fa1121df7…)
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