Poverty and living standards in Arr. Liège (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
9.2% of the tax returns filed in the Liège arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 5th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
Are houses expensive in the Liège arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €220,000 in the Liège arrondissement in 2025, the 8th lowest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 30% below the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Liège arrondissement?
Apartments in the Liège arrondissement changed hands at a median of €179,500 in 2025, across 2,141 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyIs the Liège arrondissement poor?
16.4% of residents of the Liège arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 3rd highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Liège arrondissement rose 57% in ten years, from €140,000 in 2015 to €220,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €329,000 in the Liège arrondissement in 2025, against €200,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 5,707 houses were sold in the Liège arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €160,000 and a quarter for more than €295,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Liège arrondissement went from 19.1% in 2015 to 16.4% in 2023, a change of -2.6 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 24 communes of the Liège arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €24,040 in Liège to €33,367 in Neupré. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Liège compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Liège ranks 5 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8 | Arr. Namur | 7.8% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Liège ranks 3 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. Liège ranks 37 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 39 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | -2.7 |
| 40 | Arr. Diksmuide | -2.7 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Liège ranks 35 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Arr. Ath | €240,000 |
| 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 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Liège ranks 14 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Arr. Sint-Niklaas | +58% |
| 12 | Arr. Dendermonde | +57% |
| 13 | Arr. Kortrijk | +57% |
| 14 | Arr. Liège | +57% |
| 15 | Arr. Mechelen | +57% |
| 16 | Arr. Gent | +56% |
| 17 | Arr. Waremme | +54% |
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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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