Poverty and living standards in Arr. Dinant (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
6.4% of the tax returns filed in the Dinant arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 16th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the Dinant arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €215,000 in the Dinant arrondissement in 2025, the 7th lowest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 32% below the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Dinant arrondissement?
Apartments in the Dinant arrondissement changed hands at a median of €175,000 in 2025, across 225 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow many people are poor in the Dinant arrondissement?
10.7% of residents of the Dinant arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 11th highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Dinant arrondissement rose 54% in ten years, from €140,000 in 2015 to €215,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €245,000 in the Dinant arrondissement in 2025, against €190,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 1,305 houses were sold in the Dinant arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €140,000 and a quarter for more than €300,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Dinant arrondissement went from 13.3% in 2015 to 10.7% in 2023, a change of -2.5 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 15 communes of the Dinant arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €25,125 in Hastière to €31,440 in Hamois. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Dinant compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Dinant ranks 16 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 19 | Arr. Huy | 6.3% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Dinant ranks 11 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 13 | Arr. Soignies | 10.5% |
| 14 | Arr. Namur | 10.2% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Dinant ranks 35 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Arr. La Louvière | -2.4 |
| 33 | Arr. Veurne | -2.4 |
| 34 | Arr. Ath | -2.5 |
| 35 | Arr. Dinant | -2.5 |
| 36 | Arr. Verviers — communes francophones | -2.6 |
| 37 | Arr. Liège | -2.6 |
| 38 | Arr. Charleroi | -2.7 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Dinant ranks 36 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | €240,000 |
| 34 | Arr. Neufchâteau | €240,000 |
| 35 | Arr. Liège | €220,000 |
| 36 | Arr. Dinant | €215,000 |
| 37 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | €210,000 |
| 38 | Arr. Thuin | €195,000 |
| 39 | Arr. La Louvière | €180,000 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Dinant ranks 20 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Arr. Waremme | +54% |
| 18 | Arr. Eeklo | +54% |
| 19 | Arr. Leuven | +54% |
| 20 | Arr. Dinant | +54% |
| 21 | Arr. Huy | +53% |
| 22 | Arr. Namur | +53% |
| 23 | Arr. Soignies | +51% |
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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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