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Housing stock in Belgium

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings5,781,088
Occupied4,949,991
Unoccupied831,09714.4 %

Building type

One-dwelling building62.1 %
Two-dwelling building4.7 %
3+ dwelling building31.9 %

Construction period

Before 191922.0 %
1919–194512.3 %
1946–196010.9 %
1961–198023.7 %
1981–200015.0 %
2001–20107.9 %
2011–20154.2 %
2016 and after4.0 %
EUROSTAT · STOCK

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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