Poverty and living standards in Arr. Tournai-Mouscron (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
7.5% of the tax returns filed in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 11th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €210,000 in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement in 2025, the 6th lowest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 33% below the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement?
Apartments in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement changed hands at a median of €160,000 in 2025, across 384 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow many people are poor in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement?
12.3% of residents of the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 8th highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyMore figures
- Median house prices in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement rose 40% in ten years, from €150,000 in 2015 to €210,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €315,000 in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement in 2025, against €180,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 2,354 houses were sold in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €147,300 and a quarter for more than €295,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement went from 13.9% in 2015 to 12.3% in 2023, a change of -1.7 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 12 communes of the Tournai-Mouscron arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €26,599 in Mouscron to €30,670 in Mont-de-l’Enclus. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Tournai-Mouscron compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Tournai-Mouscron ranks 11 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Arr. Namur | 7.8% |
| 9 | Arr. Nivelles | 7.7% |
| 10 | Arr. Virton | 7.6% |
| 11 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | 7.5% |
| 12 | Arr. Verviers — communes francophones | 7.3% |
| 13 | Arr. Thuin | 7.2% |
| 14 | Arr. Philippeville | 6.9% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Tournai-Mouscron ranks 8 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Arr. Mons | 15.4% |
| 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% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Tournai-Mouscron ranks 20 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Arr. Maaseik | -1.5 |
| 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 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Tournai-Mouscron ranks 37 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 40 | Arr. Philippeville | €175,500 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Tournai-Mouscron ranks 41 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | Arr. Nivelles | +42% |
| 37 | Arr. Thuin | +42% |
| 38 | Arr. Mons | +42% |
| 39 | Arr. Veurne | +40% |
| 40 | Arr. Oostende | +40% |
| 41 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | +40% |
| 42 | Arr. Brugge | +38% |
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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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