Poverty and living standards in Arr. Leuven (Flanders, Belgium): official figures
6.8% of the tax returns filed in the Leuven arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 15th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the Leuven arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €385,000 in the Leuven arrondissement in 2025, the 6th highest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 22% above the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Leuven arrondissement?
Apartments in the Leuven arrondissement changed hands at a median of €290,000 in 2025, across 2,229 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow many people are poor in the Leuven arrondissement?
6.1% of residents of the Leuven arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 4th lowest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Leuven arrondissement rose 54% in ten years, from €250,000 in 2015 to €385,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €420,000 in the Leuven arrondissement in 2025, against €350,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 5,095 houses were sold in the Leuven arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €280,280 and a quarter for more than €510,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Leuven arrondissement went from 6.7% in 2015 to 6.1% in 2023, a change of -0.6 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 30 communes of the Leuven arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €29,953 in Tienen to €35,814 in Tervuren. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Leuven compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Leuven ranks 15 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Arr. Verviers — communes francophones | 7.3% |
| 13 | Arr. Thuin | 7.2% |
| 14 | Arr. Philippeville | 6.9% |
| 15 | Arr. Leuven | 6.8% |
| 16 | Arr. Dinant | 6.4% |
| 17 | Arr. Ath | 6.4% |
| 18 | Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde | 6.4% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Leuven ranks 41 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Arr. Dendermonde | 6.4% |
| 39 | Arr. Maaseik | 6.4% |
| 40 | Arr. Turnhout | 6.2% |
| 41 | Arr. Leuven | 6.1% |
| 42 | Arr. Brugge | 6.0% |
| 43 | Arr. Diksmuide | 5.9% |
| 44 | Arr. Tielt | 5.9% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Leuven ranks 5 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | Arr. Roeselare | -1.0 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Leuven ranks 6 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | Arr. Mechelen | €360,000 |
| 9 | Arr. Veurne | €341,250 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Leuven ranks 19 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Arr. Gent | +56% |
| 17 | Arr. Waremme | +54% |
| 18 | Arr. Eeklo | +54% |
| 19 | Arr. Leuven | +54% |
| 20 | Arr. Dinant | +54% |
| 21 | Arr. Huy | +53% |
| 22 | Arr. Namur | +53% |
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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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