In 2022, Attert, in the province of Luxembourg, was the richest municipality in Belgium with a median net income of 42,211 euros, according to data from the Belgian statistical office Statbel. Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, in Brussels, had the lowest median income, at 19,288 euros.
Among the ten richest municipalities, six are located in the province of Luxembourgnamely:
- Attert (42,211 euros),
- Messancy (37.226 euros),
- Stall (34,978 euros),
- Saint-Léger (34,924 euros),
- Arlon (34,822 euros) and
- Habay (34,120 euros).
Three municipalities are located in Flemish Brabant:
- Kraainem (36,531 euros),
- Tervuren (34,814 euros) and
- Wezembeek-Oppem (34,702 euros)
Finally, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (34,690 euros), in the Brussels Region, completes the ranking.
In contrast, six of the ten municipalities with the lowest incomes are located in the Brussels Region:
- Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (19,288 euros),
- Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (19,739 euros),
- Anderlecht (20,512 euros),
- Koekelberg (21.141 euros),
- Schaerbeek (21,726 euros) and
- Brussels city (21,862 euros).
Two municipalities are located in Wallonia, more precisely in Hainaut:
- Farciennes (21,279 euros) and
- Charleroi (21,610 euros).
Risk of poverty
In terms of the risk of poverty, the lowest rates are recorded exclusively in Flanders with:
- Holsbeek et Zemst en tête (3.4% chacune),
- followed closely by Boutersem (3.6%),
- De Pinte (3.7%) and
- Herne (3,8%).
Conversely, it is in the Brussels Region that the risk of poverty is most present:
- Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (34%) advances
- Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (31.5%),
- Anderlecht (28,2%),
- Schaerbeek (26.8%) and
- Koekelberg (26.7%).
Attert and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode already occupied these same positions in 2020 and 2021.
These data, based on administrative equivalent disposable income, take into account all taxable and non-taxable income, in particular professional income, social benefits, pensions and capital income.
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