Poverty and living standards in Arr. Namur (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
7.8% of the tax returns filed in the Namur arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 8th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the Namur arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €290,000 in the Namur arrondissement in 2025, the 21st lowest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 8% below the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Namur arrondissement?
Apartments in the Namur arrondissement changed hands at a median of €210,000 in 2025, across 947 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow many people are poor in the Namur arrondissement?
10.2% of residents of the Namur arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 14th highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Namur arrondissement rose 53% in ten years, from €190,000 in 2015 to €290,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €340,000 in the Namur arrondissement in 2025, against €245,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 2,715 houses were sold in the Namur arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €215,000 and a quarter for more than €370,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Namur arrondissement went from 12.3% in 2015 to 10.2% in 2023, a change of -2.1 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 16 communes of the Namur arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €27,269 in Sambreville to €33,872 in La Bruyère. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Namur compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Namur ranks 8 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Arr. Liège | 9.2% |
| 6 | Arr. La Louvière | 9.1% |
| 7 | Arr. Soignies | 7.9% |
| 8 | Arr. Namur | 7.8% |
| 9 | Arr. Nivelles | 7.7% |
| 10 | Arr. Virton | 7.6% |
| 11 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | 7.5% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Namur ranks 14 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Arr. Dinant | 10.7% |
| 12 | Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | 10.6% |
| 13 | Arr. Soignies | 10.5% |
| 14 | Arr. Namur | 10.2% |
| 15 | Arr. Neufchâteau | 10.0% |
| 16 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | 9.8% |
| 17 | Arr. Huy | 9.2% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Namur ranks 29 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Arr. Thuin | -2.1 |
| 27 | Arr. Soignies | -2.1 |
| 28 | Arr. Gent | -2.1 |
| 29 | Arr. Namur | -2.1 |
| 30 | Arr. Neufchâteau | -2.2 |
| 31 | Arr. Tielt | -2.2 |
| 32 | Arr. La Louvière | -2.4 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Namur ranks 22 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Arr. Tongeren | €299,000 |
| 20 | Arr. Oostende | €297,500 |
| 21 | Arr. Oudenaarde | €295,000 |
| 22 | Arr. Namur | €290,000 |
| 23 | Arr. Diksmuide | €279,500 |
| 24 | Arr. Roeselare | €276,000 |
| 25 | Arr. Kortrijk | €275,000 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Namur ranks 22 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Arr. Leuven | +54% |
| 20 | Arr. Dinant | +54% |
| 21 | Arr. Huy | +53% |
| 22 | Arr. Namur | +53% |
| 23 | Arr. Soignies | +51% |
| 24 | Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde | +51% |
| 25 | Arr. Ath | +50% |
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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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