West Flanders – Flanders
Property prices in Ostend
In 2025 in Ostend, the median house sold for €305,000 (515 sales) and the median apartment sold for €214,900 (1258 sales), according to registered deeds compiled by Statbel. These are real sale prices, not asking prices.
Data refreshed 2026-07-10. Latest complete sales year: 2025.
Median house price
€305,000
Houses, middle 50% of sales: €230,000–€400,000
Median apartment price
€214,900
Apartments, middle 50% of sales: €159,000–€305,000
Registered sales
1,773
in 2025
Median sale price in Ostend since 1980
HousesApartmentsBefore 2010: older statistical series (dashed)Shaded band: middle 50% of sales (2010 onwards)
Statbel’s figures have two breaks: in 2005 the administrative source behind the statistics changed (transaction counts shift, most visibly in Brussels), and in 2010 the classification moved from the nature of the deed to the cadastral nature of the property. Segments on either side of a break are not strictly comparable. Prices are medians in euros of the day, not adjusted for inflation.
Homes sold per year in Ostend
HousesApartments
In 2025, 515 houses and 1,258 apartments changed hands in Ostend, +12.6% versus a year earlier. Volume is what makes the medians readable: a thin year swings, a busy year does not.
How prices are moving
| 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | +5.2% | +31.3% | +60.5% |
| Apartments | +0.0% | +22.8% | +44.2% |
The market in milestones
| Year | Median house | Median apartment |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | €34,705 | €41,133 |
| 1990 | €45,860 | €50,173 |
| 2000 | €78,086 | €74,368 |
| 2010 | €180,000 | €137,000 |
| 2020 | €232,250 | €175,000 |
| 2025 | €305,000 | €214,900 |
In 1980, the median house in Ostend sold for €34,705; today it is €305,000, about 9 times as much in euros of the day.
Compared with the province and Belgium
| Ostend | West Flanders | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median house price | €305,000 | €300,000 | €315,000 |
| Median apartment price | €214,900 | €245,000 | €250,000 |
Medians for 2025.
Over ten years, median house prices in Ostend moved +60.5%, against +57.5% across Belgium.
Among the 61 communes in West Flanders province with published 2025 figures, Ostend ranks 23rd by median house price.
Who lives in Ostend
Incomes sit under the Belgian median: the typical tax declaration in Ostend showed €27,870 in 2023, 7% less than nationally. Tenure splits near the middle: 56% of households owned their home at the 2021 census, against 65% across Belgium. Ostend is gaining residents: the population rose 3.4% between 2016 and 2026, to 73,000.
Source: Statbel (fiscal income statistics, Census 2021 tenure, population on 1 January). Statbel real-estate statistics
Flood and soil in Ostend
Flood risk is a real theme in Ostend: 22.5% of the commune's area lies in a medium or high flood-hazard zone, plus 47.6% in the low class. 1976 parcels in Ostend are listed in the OVAM soil register (a known or suspected contamination history).
Source: the official flood-hazard maps and soil registers of the three Regions. Zones describe areas, not addresses: an immetrics dossier checks the exact parcel of a listing. regional flood-hazard mapregional soil register
Getting a property valued in Ostend
The medians above describe the Ostend market as a whole, not one specific home: size, condition, the EPC score and even the street can move an individual price well away from the middle of the market.
To value a specific house or apartment, immetrics starts from its Immoweb listing, compares it with similar homes for sale and with the official sale figures for the area, then returns a documented price verdict. The first report is free, and it works on your own listing too if you are selling.
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Nearby communes
On median house prices, Ostend lands between Gistel (€284,500) and Oudenburg (€310,000).