Poverty and living standards in Arr. Verviers — communes francophones (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
7.3% of the tax returns filed in the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 12th highest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
How much does a house cost in the Verviers arrondissement?
Across the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement), the median house sold for €260,000 in 2025 according to Statbel’s deeds of sale (Belgium: €315,000); Statbel does not publish prices for this part on its own.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Verviers arrondissement?
Apartments in the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement) changed hands at a median of €187,500 in 2025, across 675 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in the Verviers arrondissement?
13.5% of residents of the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 6th highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyMore figures
- Median house prices in the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement) rose 62% in ten years, from €160,000 in 2015 to €260,000 in 2025 (Belgium: 57%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- A detached house with four or more facades cost a median €314,500 in the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement) in 2025, against €220,000 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 2,147 houses were sold in the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement) in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €189,000 and a quarter for more than €344,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement went from 16.1% in 2015 to 13.5% in 2023, a change of -2.6 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 20 communes of the French-speaking part of the Verviers arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €23,710 in Dison to €32,410 in Olne. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Verviers — communes francophones compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Verviers — communes francophones ranks 12 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 15 | Arr. Leuven | 6.8% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Verviers — communes francophones ranks 6 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8 | Arr. Tournai-Mouscron | 12.3% |
| 9 | Arr. Antwerpen | 12.1% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Verviers — communes francophones ranks 36 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 39 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | -2.7 |
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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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