Poverty and living standards in Arr. Waremme (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
5.2% of the tax returns filed in the Waremme arrondissement for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 20th lowest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
How much does a house cost in the Waremme arrondissement?
The median house (closed, semi-detached or detached) sold for €270,000 in the Waremme arrondissement in 2025, the 16th lowest of the 42 arrondissements with their own price series and 14% below the Belgian median of €315,000.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyHow much does an apartment cost in the Waremme arrondissement?
Apartments in the Waremme arrondissement changed hands at a median of €220,000 in 2025, across 149 sales recorded in the deeds (Belgian median €250,000).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in the Waremme arrondissement?
6.8% of residents of the Waremme arrondissement lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 12th lowest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
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- Median house prices in the Waremme arrondissement rose 54% in ten years, from €175,000 in 2015 to €270,000 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 Waremme arrondissement in 2025, against €241,750 for a terraced or semi-detached house with two or three facades. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- 736 houses were sold in the Waremme arrondissement in 2025; a quarter of them went for less than €203,250 and a quarter for more than €350,000. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- The administrative poverty-risk rate in the Waremme arrondissement went from 8.8% in 2015 to 6.8% in 2023, a change of -2.0 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 14 communes of the Waremme arrondissement with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €29,039 in Waremme to €33,752 in Faimes. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Arr. Waremme compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Arr. Waremme ranks 25 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Arr. Neufchâteau | 5.9% |
| 23 | Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | 5.8% |
| 24 | Arr. Marche-en-Famenne | 5.5% |
| 25 | Arr. Waremme | 5.2% |
| 26 | Arr. Gent | 5.1% |
| 27 | Arr. Sint-Niklaas | 4.5% |
| 28 | Arr. Aalst | 4.3% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Arr. Waremme ranks 33 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Arr. Hasselt | 7.1% |
| 31 | Arr. Mechelen | 7.0% |
| 32 | Arr. Oudenaarde | 6.9% |
| 33 | Arr. Waremme | 6.8% |
| 34 | Arr. Aalst | 6.7% |
| 35 | Arr. Ieper | 6.6% |
| 36 | Arr. Roeselare | 6.6% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Arr. Waremme ranks 24 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Arr. Antwerpen | -1.7 |
| 22 | Arr. Eeklo | -1.8 |
| 23 | Arr. Bastogne | -1.8 |
| 24 | Arr. Waremme | -2.0 |
| 25 | Arr. Oostende | -2.1 |
| 26 | Arr. Thuin | -2.1 |
| 27 | Arr. Soignies | -2.1 |
Median house sale price (2025)
Arr. Waremme ranks 27 of 42, highest first. The two parts of the Verviers arrondissement are not shown separately by Statbel.
| Rank | Area | Median house sale price |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Arr. Roeselare | €276,000 |
| 25 | Arr. Kortrijk | €275,000 |
| 26 | Arr. Bastogne | €270,000 |
| 27 | Arr. Waremme | €270,000 |
| 28 | Arr. Ieper | €250,000 |
| 29 | Arr. Virton | €248,000 |
| 30 | Arr. Huy | €245,000 |
Change in median house price, 2015-2025 (2025)
Arr. Waremme ranks 17 of 42, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in median house price, 2015-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Arr. Liège | +57% |
| 15 | Arr. Mechelen | +57% |
| 16 | Arr. Gent | +56% |
| 17 | Arr. Waremme | +54% |
| 18 | Arr. Eeklo | +54% |
| 19 | Arr. Leuven | +54% |
| 20 | Arr. Dinant | +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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