The 50 most expensives municipalities for ordinary residential houses

(listed by average house price in euro) :

Average for Belgium : 148,723 € per house

1. Woluwe-St-Pierre : 395,746
2. Woluwe-St-Lambert : 363,623
3. Kraainem : 338,451
4. Uccle : 335,459
5. Lasne : 335,081
6. Auderghem : 319,013
7. Ixelles : 305,147
8. Watermael-Boitsfort : 303,745
9. Etterbeek : 301,640
10. Knokke-Heist : 298,537
11. Forest : 295,210
12. Wezembeek-Oppem : 282,811
13. Evere : 278,234
14. St-Gilles : 274,447
15. La Hulpe : 266,398
16. Rixensart : 264,360
17. Schaerbeek : 263,424
18. Brussels City : 258,662
19. Linkebeek : 255,467
20. Ganshoren : 255,083
21. Waterloo : 247,940
22. Pepingen : 245,270
23. Wemmel : 244,657
24. Berchem-St-Agathe : 243,971
25. St-Josse-ten-Noode : 243,271
26. Meise : 242,352
27. Baarle-Hertog : 239,843
28. Edegem : 239,142
29. Koksijde : 237,018
30. Lint : 235,195
31. Overijse : 233,594
32. Koekelberg : 233,463
33. Rhode-St-Genese : 232,834
34. Schilde : 232,708
35. Molenbeek-St-Jean : 232,262
36. St-Martens-Latem : 232,160
37. Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve : 231,308
38. Chaumont-Gistoux : 230,729
39. Zaventem : 230,169
40. Jette : 229,101
41. Tervuren : 227,923
42. Hove : 226,756
43. Grez-Doiceau : 226,469
44. Mortsel : 224,297
45. Assesse : 223,896
46. Hoogstraten : 222,942
47. Drogenbos : 221,395
48. Walhain : 221,350
49. Anderlecht : 221,019
50. Brasschaat : 219,219

Classification by region

Analysis

Brussels and its suburbs are naturally the most expensive area of Belgium, followed by a few suburbs of Antwerp. Two municipalities on the Belgian seaside, and two others right on the border of the Netherlands also make the top 50. Only in one commune in Wallonia outside the Walloon Brabant managed to make it to the top 50 : Assessse.

If we include the southern outskirt of Brussels, 9 municipalities in the top 50 are located in Wallonia (Lasne, La Hulpe, Rixensart, Waterloo, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Chaumont-Gistoux, Grez-Doiceau, Assesse and Walhain). 22 are in Flanders, among which 7 in bilingual municipalities just outside Brussels, where the Francophones represent 1/3 to 2/3 of the local population (Linkebeek, Rhode-St-Genese, Overijse, Tervuren, Kraainem, Wezembeek-Oppem and Zaventem).

The 50 cheapest municipalities for ordinary residential houses

1. Colfontaine : 67,056 euro per house
2. Quaregnon : 69,909
3. Boussu : 71,180
4. Frameries : 76,034
5. Dour : 76,336
6. Quievrain : 77,138
7. Hensies : 77,996
8. Fontaine-l'Eveque : 80,836
9. Viroinval : 81,455
10. Erquelinnes : 81,547
11. Martelange : 82,980
12. Charleroi : 83,130
13. Seraing : 84,079
14. Doische : 84,731
15. Burg Reuland : 84,845
16. Courcelles : 84,876
17. Chatelet : 85,172
18. Bernissart : 85,598
19. Binche : 86,218
20. Engis : 86,357
21. Anderlues : 86,837
22. Honnelles : 87,660
23. Beloeil : 87,802
24. Gedinne : 87,988
25. Peruwelz : 88,561
26. Neufchateau : 88,968
27. Morlanwelz : 89,394
28. Saint-Nicolas : 89,259
29. La Louviere : 89,613
30. Menen : 89,694
31. Alveringem : 90,344
32. Saint-Hubert : 90,574
33. Ronse : 90,850
34. Manage : 91,418
35. Vleteren : 91,908
36. Quevy : 92,374
37. Bütgenbach : 92,900
38. Brugelette : 93,096
39. Bouillon : 93,403
40. Visé : 93,894
41. Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont : 93,929
42. Hotton : 94,218
43. Herstal : 94,847
44. Merbes-le-Chateau : 95,157
45. Marchin : 95,250
46. Couvin : 96,117
47. Antoing : 96,160
48. Flémalle : 96,607
49. Chimay : 97,622
50. Mons : 97,640

Analysis

The three cheapest municipalities in Belgium are Colfontaine, Quaregnon and Boussu, all in the suburbs of Mons. Mons itself is the 50th cheapest nationwide. The Hainaut province is by far the poorest. Indeed, over half of the 50 cheapest municipalities are located in Hainaut, especially around Mons, La Louviere and Charleroi, as well as along the French border. Two communes of the bottom 50 are in the German-speaking region. Only 4 of the cheapest municipalities are in Flanders (Ronse, Menen, Alveringem and Vleteren), all in the south-western corner of Flanders.

Conclusion

The French-speaking part of Belgium (Brussels included) has the biggest share of the dearest and cheapest places to live in Belgium, reflecting bigger socio-economic gaps than among Dutch speakers.

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Top 50 for villas and country houses

N.B. : Municipalities with less than 10 sales in this category in 2006 were ignored for the ranking purpose.

Average price for Belgium : 284.534 euro per villa/country house

1. Knokke-Heist : 1.091.386
2. Uccle : 947.657
3. Woluwe-St-Pierre : 746.275
4. Watermael-Boitsfort : 654.462
5. Rhode-St-Genese : 623.359
6. Lasne : 573.049
7. Brasschaat : 572.721
8. Schilde : 561.167
9. Kraainem : 555.213
10. Sint-Martens-Latem : 505.262
11. Brussels City : 457.941
12. Tervuren : 452.085
13. Kapellen : 449.150
14. Wemmel : 436.628
15. Antwerp : 428.912
16. Oud-Turnhout : 427.139
17. Edegem : 425.069
18. Waterloo : 423.339
19. Schoten : 414.298
20. Merchtem : 410.625
21. Wezembeek-Oppem : 408.298
22. Overijse : 406.676
23. La Hulpe : 400.158
24. Duffel : 399.016
25. Linkebeek : 390.633
26. Waasmunster : 385.445
27. Aartselaar : 384.309
28. Hoogstraten : 384.135
29. Leuven : 381.970
30. Hove : 372.563
31. Boechout : 367.927
32. Veurne : 366.243
33. Grez-Doiceau : 364.882
34. De Panne : 361.494
35. Zuienkerke : 360.977
36. Nieuwpoort : 358.573
37. Putte : 358.464
38. Roosdaal : 357.185
39. Braine-l'Alleud : 355.879
40. Beersel : 355.735
41. Rixensart : 354.194
42. Lier : 353.857
43. Keerbergen : 353.739
44. Oud-Heverlee : 348.171
45. Meise : 347.165
46. Grimbergen : 345.750
47. Zaventem : 344.333
48. Herent : 343.022
49. Lanaken : 341.135
50. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw : 337.240

Classification by region