Living in Quévy

In Quévy, the median rent tenants pay is €790 a month (2025).

Quévy, a city in Belgium, had a population of 8,252 at the start of 2026. Foreign-born residents accounted for 7.92% of the population at the start of 2021. The city covered 65.4 km² in 2025. Population density was 126.2 people per km² in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population8,252people1 Jan 2026Official source · Belgium official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)3,540EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022

Median rent790EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate8.19%country median 5.3% — 53% aboveIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011

Recorded crime5,090offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — about the sameIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025

PM2.5, annual mean5.08µg/m³country median 7.4 — 31% belowOfficial source · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31

Higher unemployment than 71% of Belgian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 79% of Belgian cities that publish it.

Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Quévy?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in BelgiumNational rates and thresholds that apply in Quévy.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	59.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Internet Go¹²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Mobile Maxi¹³Official · national market
Dwellings	3,387 dwellings	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units¹⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	3,376 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹⁶Official
Median monthly rent	790 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official

Is Quévy a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Student41%strong on education, weak on work · range 34–48%

Family48%strong on family, weak on cost · range 40–56%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–71%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 8.19% at the start of 2011.

What is the unemployment rate in Quévy?

The unemployment rate is about 8.2 % (January 2011).

Unemployment rate: 8.19 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011²⁹

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Quévy is 8.2%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Quévy 8.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,794 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹⁴Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	97.64 %	Jun 2025	BIPT/IBPT fixed broadband Atlas municipality row: H_rate_1000 is the share of households with access to fixed broadband at a maximum attainable speed of at least 1,000 Mbps; availability, not subscribed plan or measured speed. H_1000 is the covered-household count and total_households is the denominator.³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,540 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	8.19 %country median 5.3%	1 Jan 2011	Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011²⁹Independent

What does a salary buy in Quévy?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,512of €2,412 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,412
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50 · 2025-12-31	− €790
Internet€60 · official · Proximus Internet Go · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€50 · official · Proximus Mobile Maxi · 2026-09-30	− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,512

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Quévy. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Actiris — Public employment service

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Le Forem — Public employment service

Le Forem Walloon public employment and training service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Quévy. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	11 schools	31 Oct 2025	FASE 2025/26 official school establishment register⁴Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 18. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: OKAN/OKATN (onthaalonderwijs, reception education for foreign-mother-tongue newcomers). How to enrol a child (belgium.be).

A country-wide rule for Belgium; Quévy's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

How safe is Quévy?

Police recorded about 5,090 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 5,090 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²³

Recorded crime across major citiesQuévy highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Brussels24,104

Liège17,918

Charleroi14,026

Leuven12,730

Ghent12,110

Anderlecht11,116

Schaerbeek10,141

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean10,075

Hasselt9,031

Namur8,912

Brugge8,780

Quévy5,090

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,090 offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — about the same	31 Dec 2025	Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²³Independent

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 5.08 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 6.72 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Quévy?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.08 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31¹⁰

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.1WHO 5 · EU 25

PM108.3WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂6.7WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in BelgiumAnnual PM2.5 in Quévy is 5.1 µg/m³. Of 442 cities with data, 142 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

142

2–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Quévy 5.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	6.72 µg/m³country median 9.0	31 Dec 2024	Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31⁸Official
PM10 — annual mean	8.29 µg/m³country median 13.1	31 Dec 2024	Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 13019; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31⁹Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.08 µg/m³country median 7.4	31 Dec 2024	Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31¹⁰Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Quévy?

The published population was 8,252 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.1%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	65.38 km²	1 Jan 2025	Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.⁵Official
Foreign residents	402 people	1 Jan 2026	Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.⁶Official
Population density	126.2 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.⁷Official
Population	8,252 people	1 Jan 2026	Belgium official denominator source²Official

International community in Quévy

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Total population	8,073	100.0%
Born in Belgium	7,434	92.1%
Born in another EU member state	442	5.5%
Born in a non-EU country	197	2.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Citizenship

All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Total population	8,073	100.0%
Belgian nationality	7,682	95.2%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	304	3.8%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	87	1.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

Ancestry or ethnicity

All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication · 2021-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Total Belgian with foreign origin	1,755	21.7%
Total population	8,073	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	7,434	92.1%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	5,927	73.4%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	5,821	72.1%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	1,533	19.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	1,039	12.9%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	996	12.3%
Total population — born outside Belgium	639	7.9%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	553	6.8%
Non-Belgian — total	391	4.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	380	4.7%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	311	3.9%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	222	2.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	173	2.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	163	2.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	157	1.9%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	106	1.3%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	80	1.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	43	0.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	6	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	7.92 %	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace¹⁸Official
Median age	44 years	31 Dec 2026	Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 2026¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Quévy

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Quévy from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Quévy

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Frameries 6.0 km away

Rent: 700 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Feignies France · 7.4 km away

Rent: 9.23 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Colfontaine 7.9 km away

Rent: 685 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Quaregnon 9.2 km away

Rent: 700 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Maubeuge France · 10.2 km away

Rent: 9.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

Other cities in Belgium to compare with Quévy, nearest in population first.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Quévy?

The published population was 8,252 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Quévy?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31.

How safe is Quévy?

Police recorded about 5,090 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Quévy?

The unemployment rate is about 8.2 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Quévy?

The median gross salary is 3,540 EUR/month. Source: Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022.

How many foreign residents live in Quévy?

402 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

Is Quévy a good place to live?

Quévy may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Quévy?

Frameries, Feignies, Pâturages, Colfontaine, Wasmes are near Quévy. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in Belgium live in Quévy?

The official country of birth distribution records 7,434 people (92.1%) in the source-defined population for 2021-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Quévy, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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}

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BIPT/IBPT fixed broadband Atlas municipality row: H_rate_1000 is the share of households with access to fixed broadband at a maximum attainable speed of at least 1,000 Mbps; availability, not subscribed plan or measured speed. H_1000 is the covered-household count and total_households is the denominator. bipt-data.be · checked 2026-07-15
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Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row. statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-01-01
Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column. statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-01-01
Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31 ftp.irceline.be · checked 2024-12-31
Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 13019; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31 ftp.irceline.be · checked 2024-12-31
Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31 ftp.irceline.be · checked 2024-12-31

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Proximus Internet Go proximus.be · checked 2026-09-15
Proximus Mobile Maxi proximus.be · checked 2026-09-15
Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022 bestat.statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-09-23
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Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q538735 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05
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