Poverty and living standards in Arr. Aalst (Flanders, Belgium): official figures
4.3% of the tax returns filed in the Aalst arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 17th lowest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
How much does a house cost in the Aalst arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €300,000 in the Aalst arrondissement in 2025, the 17th highest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 5% below the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Aalst arrondissement?
Apartments in the Aalst arrondissement changed hands at a median of €241,500 in 2025, across 980 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in the Aalst arrondissement?
6.7% of residents of the Aalst arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 11th lowest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Aalst arrondissement rose 58% in ten years, from €190,000 in 2015 to €300,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €410,000 in the Aalst arrondissement in 2025, against €285,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 3,476 houses were sold in the Aalst arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €232,000 and a quarter for more than €385,076. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Aalst arrondissement went from 7.3% in 2015 to 6.7% in 2023, a change of -0.6 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 10 communes of the Aalst arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €29,976 in Aalst to €33,593 in Sint-Lievens-Houtem. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Aalst compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Aalst ranks 28 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Arr. Waremme | 5.2% |
| 26 | Arr. Gent | 5.1% |
| 27 | Arr. Sint-Niklaas | 4.5% |
| 28 | Arr. Aalst | 4.3% |
| 29 | Arr. Mechelen | 4.3% |
| 30 | Arr. Hasselt | 4.0% |
| 31 | Arr. Kortrijk | 3.9% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Aalst ranks 34 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Arr. Mechelen | 7.0% |
| 32 | Arr. Oudenaarde | 6.9% |
| 33 | Arr. Waremme | 6.8% |
| 34 | Arr. Aalst | 6.7% |
| 35 | Arr. Ieper | 6.6% |
| 36 | Arr. Roeselare | 6.6% |
| 37 | Arr. Eeklo | 6.5% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Aalst ranks 3 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arr. Sint-Niklaas | -0.5 |
| 2 | Arr. Kortrijk | -0.5 |
| 3 | Arr. Aalst | -0.6 |
| 4 | Arr. Arlon | -0.6 |
| 5 | Arr. Leuven | -0.6 |
| 6 | Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde | -0.7 |
| 7 | Arr. Dendermonde | -0.8 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Aalst ranks 17 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Arr. Hasselt | €319,000 |
| 15 | Arr. Dendermonde | €315,000 |
| 16 | Arr. Eeklo | €308,000 |
| 17 | Arr. Aalst | €300,000 |
| 18 | Arr. Tielt | €300,000 |
| 19 | Arr. Tongeren | €299,000 |
| 20 | Arr. Oostende | €297,500 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Aalst ranks 10 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Arr. Tongeren | +62% |
| 8 | Arr. Hasselt | +60% |
| 9 | Arr. Maaseik | +58% |
| 10 | Arr. Aalst | +58% |
| 11 | Arr. Sint-Niklaas | +58% |
| 12 | Arr. Dendermonde | +57% |
| 13 | Arr. Kortrijk | +57% |
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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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