Poverty and living standards in Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft (Wallonia, Belgium): official figures
5.8% of the tax returns filed in the German-speaking Community area for 2023 declared no taxable income at all, the 22nd lowest share of the 44 Belgian arrondissements (Belgium: 7.1%).
What is the median house price in the German-speaking Community of Belgium?
Across the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the German-speaking Community area), 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 German-speaking Community of Belgium?
Apartments in the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the German-speaking Community area) 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 copyHow many people are poor in the German-speaking Community of Belgium?
10.6% of residents of the German-speaking Community area lived below the administrative poverty threshold of €17,681 a year in 2023, the 12th highest rate of the 44 arrondissements (Belgium: 10.7%).
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyWhat is the median disposable income in the German-speaking Community of Belgium?
Half of the residents of the German-speaking Community area had an equivalised disposable income below €29,696 in 2023, after taxes and including benefits, against a Belgian median of €29,468.
Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copyMore figures
- Median house prices in the whole Verviers arrondissement (which includes the German-speaking Community area) 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 German-speaking Community area) 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 German-speaking Community area) 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 German-speaking Community area went from 11.9% in 2015 to 10.6% in 2023, a change of -1.4 percentage points (Belgium: 12.7% to 10.7%). Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
- Among the 9 communes of the German-speaking Community area with published figures, median equivalised disposable income in 2023 ranged from €27,294 in Kelmis to €34,024 in Burg-Reuland. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office) · saved copy
How Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft compares with other arrondissements in Belgium
Tax returns declaring no taxable income (2023)
Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft ranks 23 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Tax returns declaring no taxable income |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Arr. Antwerpen | 6.1% |
| 21 | Arr. Bastogne | 6.0% |
| 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% |
Administrative risk of poverty (2023)
Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft ranks 12 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Administrative risk of poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Arr. Antwerpen | 12.1% |
| 10 | Arr. Philippeville | 11.8% |
| 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% |
Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) (2023)
Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft ranks 14 of 44, highest first.
| Rank | Area | Change in administrative risk of poverty, 2015-2023 (points) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Arr. Nivelles | -1.3 |
| 12 | Arr. Mechelen | -1.3 |
| 13 | Arr. Hasselt | -1.4 |
| 14 | Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | -1.4 |
| 15 | Arr. Virton | -1.4 |
| 16 | Arr. Brugge | -1.5 |
| 17 | Arr. Maaseik | -1.5 |
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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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