Municipality · NIS 12021 · closed 24/04/2026
Lier
2 808provisional
-2,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 878)
2025: first publication (closed 24/04/2026), provisional figures. Late reports are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards. The 2025/2024 change may therefore overstate the fall. Learn more
72,9 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 38 517 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Lier_fr.pdf · 135 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Rik Verwaest
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 23/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / Lokaal Liberaal
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Next elections: municipal and provincial elections: 13/10/2030 · regional, federal and European elections: 2029.
Profile
Official sources (Statbel), edition shown on each line.
- Population on 1 January 2026
- 38 747
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,9 %3 853 out of 38 747
2010 : 4,0 % · 2026 : 9,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 358 4,0 % 2011 1 532 4,5 % 2012 1 664 4,9 % 2013 1 796 5,2 % 2014 1 843 5,4 % 2015 2 052 5,9 % 2016 2 169 6,2 % 2017 2 364 6,7 % 2018 2 636 7,4 % 2019 2 864 7,9 % 2020 3 026 8,3 % 2021 3 130 8,5 % 2022 3 265 8,8 % 2023 3 612 9,5 % 2024 3 694 9,7 % 2025 3 842 10,0 % 2026 3 853 9,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,8 %(687)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,4 %(918)
- Non-EU275,8 %(2 248)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin72,7 %(28 156)
- Belgians of foreign origin17,4 %(6 738)
- Non-Belgians9,9 %(3 853)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,8 %(6 898)
- 18-64 years59,5 %(23 054)
- 65 and over22,7 %(8 795)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
49,9 km² · 773 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
31 632 €total net taxable income, 23 428 returns
Statbel, income 2023
Definitions
- « Foreign national » = person with a non-Belgian nationality in the national register, on 1 January. Naturalised Belgians or Belgians of foreign origin are counted as Belgians.
- Origin (Statbel): based on current nationality, the person's first registered nationality and that of their parents. Official categories: Belgian of Belgian origin, Belgian of foreign origin, non-Belgian.
- Group of nationality of origin: Statbel grouping into neighbouring countries, EU27 excluding neighbouring countries, and non-EU27; this is not a strict EU / non-EU split (the United Kingdom is classed as a neighbouring country).
- Merged or renumbered municipalities: no reconstructed series before the date of the new code (same rule as for the reference population).
- These figures are not cross-referenced with any crime statistics.
Elections
- Valid votes: 17,694
- Registered: 28,771 · turnout 62.2 %
- Blank and void: 194 (1.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | 7,310 | 41.3 % | 17 |
| missie2500 | 4,253 | 24.0 % | 9 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 2,413 | 13.6 % | 4 |
| Lokaal Liberaal | 1,475 | 8.3 % | 2 |
| Vooruit | 871 | 4.9 % | 1 |
| PVDA | 716 | 4.0 % | 0 |
| Hart Voor De Burger | 656 | 3.7 % | 0 |
Source: Vlaanderen kiest (Flemish Home Affairs agency), official results (local elections of 13/10/2024). Local lists, under the filed name, not linked to any party. National view
Main categories
Click a category to open the annual series (2000, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 808 | -2,4 % | 2 751 | |
| 591 | -7,7 % | 1 426 | |
| 314 | -14,0 % | 153 | |
| 257 | +16,8 % | 1 | |
| 240 | +17,6 % | 279 | |
| 226 | -19,0 % | 282 | |
| 165 | -4,6 % | 100 | |
| 152 | -0,7 % | 11 | |
| 150 | +11,1 % | 24 | |
| 133 | -13,6 % | 1 | |
| 125 | +7,8 % | 43 | |
| 115 | +13,9 % | 41 | |
| 86 | +2,4 % | 6 | |
| 61 | +3,4 % | 70 | |
| 57 | -27,8 % | 22 | |
| 42 | +7,7 % | 33 | |
| 39 | -13,3 % | 50 | |
| 37 | -17,8 % | 22 | |
| 30 | -21,1 % | 55 | |
| 29 | +26,1 % | 63 | |
| 29 | +45,0 % | 14 | |
| 19 | +46,2 % | - | |
| 16 | +14,3 % | 15 | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -62,5 % | - | |
| 3 | - | 1 | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 24 | |
| 1 | -75,0 % | 4 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 5 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 |
Change 2025/2024: change in 2025 compared with 2024 (e.g. −10 % = 2025 is 10 % lower than 2024, not the reverse).
2025 provisional: first publication. Reports registered late are added in later bulletins, which revise the figures upwards, so the 2025/2024 fall may be overstated.
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin, Q4 2025 (closed 24/04/2026). Click a category to show the full available annual series.
Documented perimeters
1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten1