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Housing and construction in Belgium: maps and local statistics
Explore 129 official housing and construction indicators across Belgium, with definitions, dates, source limitations, maps and municipality profiles.
Housing and construction is represented by 129 validated indicators from 77 source providers. This page is a curated starting point: it shows what can genuinely be compared, the latest available periods and the finest valid geography for each measure.
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Housing and construction: 129 indicators
Electricity and natural gas connection points (3123)
Electricity and natural gas connection points (3123). One compact cube retains 22 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.
- Latest period
- 2026
- Finest geography
- municipality
Reason for application (2211)
Reason for application (2211). One compact cube retains 100 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Bath/shower status not stated
Bath/shower status not stated divided by all occupied conventional dwellings × 100.
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- sector
Bath/shower status not stated divided by all occupied conventional dwellings × 100.
Bathrooms
Cadastral building-stock count by building type.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Built-up area according to basic map of Flanders (GRB) (2208)
Built-up area according to basic map of Flanders (GRB) (2208). One compact cube retains 7 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.
- Latest period
- 2026
- Finest geography
- municipality
Destination categories (4001)
Destination categories (4001). One compact cube retains 42 exact PinC indicators, every publisher period, unit, formula, denominator, source and publication marker.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Payment difficulties internet/telephony/television
Share of residents belonging to a household with payment difficulties who were unable to pay internet, telephone, or television bills on time in the past year. Has it happened in the past year that you or another person in the household could not pay one or more bills on time for financial reasons (i.e., not forgotten)? Internet / telephone / television. Answer options: 'No, this did not happen in the past year', 'Yes, it has happened that the bill could not be paid on time', 'Don't know / not applicable'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields ja_66f2ea46__lower95 and ja_66f2ea46__upper95 are stored as a 95% confidence interval.
Payment difficulties housing
Share of residents belonging to a household with payment difficulties who were unable to pay housing costs (on time) in the past year. Has it happened during the past year that you or another person in the household could not pay one or more bills (on time) for financial reasons (i.e., not forgotten)? Rent / home repayment (loan repayment). Answer options: 'No, this did not happen in the past year', 'Yes, it has happened that the bill could not be paid (on time)', 'Don't know/not applicable'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields ja_66f2ea46__lower95 and ja_66f2ea46__upper95 are stored as a 95% confidence interval.
Visit forest, park, green area in own or another municipality
Proportion of residents who have visited a forest, park, or green area at least once in the past year in their own municipality/city or in another municipality/city. How many times did you visit a park, forest, or green area in your municipality/city in the past year? Answer options: 'Not present in my municipality/city', 'Never', '1 to 6 times', '7 to 12 times', 'More than 12 times'. How many times in the past year did you do one of the following activities in another city or municipality? Only note the municipality you visited most. Walking in a forest, park, green area, or in nature. Answer options: 'Never', '1 to 6 times', '7 to 12 times', 'More than 12 times'. 'In which other city or municipality did you usually do this?'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. There is no confidence interval associated with this response field because the table format of the publisher could not be safely and unambiguously assigned to this field.
Buildings
Cadastral building-stock count by building type.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Buildings by built ground area
Buildings in non-overlapping footprint bands.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Buildings by construction period
Non-overlapping construction-period bands; the overlapping T3.7 subtotal is excluded.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Buildings with a bathroom
Cadastral building-stock count by building type.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Buildings with central heating or air conditioning
Cadastral building-stock count by building type.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Buildings with garage or covered parking
Cadastral building-stock count by building type.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Neighborhood nuisance
Share of residents who say they experienced no to little disturbance, average disturbance, or a lot of disturbance in the neighborhood in the past month. A composite indicator was calculated based on the average score on the ten items (the respondent must have answered at least six items, the maximum average score is 5). (See 'Survey questions' in the detailed indicator.) Respondents with a score of 2 or less fall into the 'No to little inconvenience' category, respondents between 2 and 2.7 fall into the 'Moderate inconvenience' category, and respondents with a score higher than 2.7 fall into the 'A lot of inconvenience' category. How often have you experienced inconvenience from the following problems in your neighborhood in the past month? Cars, trucks, motorcycles drive too fast in my neighborhood. There is a lot of cut-through traffic in my neighborhood. Neighbor noise (arguments, barking dogs, music, ...). Other forms of noise (bars, sports fields, businesses, ...). Being harassed on the street (name-calling, physical contact, ...). Vandalism (damaging bus or tram shelters, graffiti on walls, ...). Litter (cans, paper, ...). Nuisance from animals (rats, pigeons, seagulls, ...). Dog poop. Drug dealing and use. Response options: 'Never', 'Rarely', 'Occasionally', 'Often', 'Always'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipal City Monitor. For 2023, the fields geenTotWeinigHinder_9be42d38__lower95 and geenTotWeinigHinder_9be42d38__upper95 are stored as 95% confidence interval.
Neighborhood nuisance: being harassed on the street
Share of residents who were harassed on the street in the past month. How often have you experienced nuisance from the following problems in your neighborhood in the past month? Being harassed on the street (swearing, physical contact, ...). Answer options: 'Never', 'Rarely', 'Occasionally', 'Often', 'Always'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields nooitZelden_8ae477c1__lower95 and nooitZelden_8ae477c1__upper95 are kept as 95% confidence interval.
Neighborhood nuisance: noise nuisance
Share of residents who experienced noise disturbance in the past month. How often have you experienced disturbance from the following problems in your neighborhood over the past month? Neighbor noise (quarrels, barking dogs, music, ...). Other forms of noise (bars, sports fields, businesses, ...). Answer options: 'Never', 'Rarely', 'Occasionally', 'Often', 'Always'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields burenlawaaiNooitZelden_b6182928__lower95 and burenlawaaiNooitZelden_b6182928__upper95 are stored as a 95% confidence interval.
Neighborhood nuisance: environmental nuisance
Share of residents who experienced disturbance from litter, animals, or dog poop in the past month. How often have you experienced disturbance from the following problems in your neighborhood over the past month? Litter (cans, paper, ...). Disturbance from animals (rats, pigeons, seagulls, ...). Dog poop. Answer options: 'Never', 'Rarely', 'Occasionally', 'Often', 'Always'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipal City Monitor. For 2023, the fields zwerfvuilNooitZelden_95610bc1__lower95 and zwerfvuilNooitZelden_95610bc1__upper95 are retained as 95% confidence interval.
Neighborhood nuisance: vandalism and drugs
Share of residents who have been disturbed by vandalism or drug dealing and use in the past month. How often have you been disturbed by the following problems in your neighborhood in the past month? Vandalism (destruction of bus or tram shelters, graffiti on walls, ...). Drug dealing and use. Answer options: 'Never', 'Rarely', 'Occasionally', 'Often', 'Always'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields vandalismeNooitZelden_9fc80503__lower95 and vandalismeNooitZelden_9fc80503__upper95 are stored as the 95% confidence interval.
Neighborhood nuisance: traffic nuisance
Share of residents who have been bothered in the past month by inappropriate traffic speed or cut-through traffic. How often have you been bothered in the past month by the following problems in your neighborhood? Cars, trucks, motorcycles drive too fast in my neighborhood. There is a lot of cut-through traffic in my neighborhood. Answer options: 'Never', 'Rarely', 'Occasionally', 'Often', 'Always'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipal City Monitor. For 2023, the fields snelRijdenNooitZelden_88dd4bc3__lower95 and snelRijdenNooitZelden_88dd4bc3__upper95 are stored as a 95% confidence interval.
Central-heating status not stated
Central-heating status not stated divided by all occupied conventional dwellings × 100.
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- sector
Central-heating status not stated divided by all occupied conventional dwellings × 100.
Central heating in the home
Share of residents living in a home with central heating Do you have in your home... Indicate one answer per row. Central heating? Answer options: 'Yes', 'No', 'Don't know'
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Weighted percentage from the Municipality-City Monitor. For 2023, the fields ja_66f2ea46__lower95 and ja_66f2ea46__upper95 are stored as a 95% confidence interval.
Construction period not stated
Construction period not stated divided by all conventional dwellings × 100.
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- sector
Construction period not stated divided by all conventional dwellings × 100.
Method and limitations
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Provenance and QA