Poverty and living standards in Arr. Antwerpen (Flanders, Belgium): official figures
6.1% of the tax returns filed in the Antwerpen arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 20th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the Antwerpen arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €405,000 in the Antwerpen arrondissement in 2025, the 3rd highest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 29% above the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Antwerpen arrondissement?
Apartments in the Antwerpen arrondissement changed hands at a median of €255,000 in 2025, across 9,054 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow many people are poor in the Antwerpen arrondissement?
12.1% of residents of the Antwerpen arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 9th highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Antwerpen arrondissement rose 62% in ten years, from €250,000 in 2015 to €405,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €575,000 in the Antwerpen arrondissement in 2025, against €370,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 8,260 houses were sold in the Antwerpen arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €315,000 and a quarter for more than €550,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Antwerpen arrondissement went from 13.8% in 2015 to 12.1% in 2023, a change of -1.7 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 30 communes of the Antwerpen arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €25,903 in Antwerpen to €34,341 in Hove. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Antwerpen compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Antwerpen ranks 20 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Arr. Ath | 6.4% |
| 18 | Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde | 6.4% |
| 19 | Arr. Huy | 6.3% |
| 20 | Arr. Antwerpen | 6.1% |
| 21 | Arr. Bastogne | 6.0% |
| 22 | Arr. Neufchâteau | 5.9% |
| 23 | Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | 5.8% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Antwerpen ranks 9 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Arr. Verviers — communes francophones | 13.5% |
| 7 | Arr. Thuin | 12.6% |
| 8 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | 12.3% |
| 9 | Arr. Antwerpen | 12.1% |
| 10 | Arr. Philippeville | 11.8% |
| 11 | Arr. Dinant | 10.7% |
| 12 | Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | 10.6% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Antwerpen ranks 21 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Arr. Tongeren | -1.6 |
| 19 | Arr. Ieper | -1.6 |
| 20 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | -1.7 |
| 21 | Arr. Antwerpen | -1.7 |
| 22 | Arr. Eeklo | -1.8 |
| 23 | Arr. Bastogne | -1.8 |
| 24 | Arr. Waremme | -2.0 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Antwerpen ranks 3 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. Antwerpen ranks 6 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | +71% |
| 4 | Arr. Bastogne | +69% |
| 5 | Arr. Virton | +65% |
| 6 | Arr. Antwerpen | +62% |
| 7 | Arr. Tongeren | +62% |
| 8 | Arr. Hasselt | +60% |
| 9 | Arr. Maaseik | +58% |
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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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