Municipality · NIS 13021 · closed 24/04/2026
Meerhout
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406provisional
+7,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (379)
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
39,12 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 10 377 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Meerhout_fr.pdf · 106 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Fons Hannes
List: Vooruit · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 06/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Vooruit / MERRET / N-VA PLUS
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
- 10 365
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,8 %599 out of 10 365
2010 : 2,3 % · 2026 : 5,8 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 223 2,3 % 2011 257 2,6 % 2012 291 2,9 % 2013 328 3,3 % 2014 386 3,8 % 2015 422 4,1 % 2016 406 4,0 % 2017 429 4,2 % 2018 466 4,5 % 2019 518 5,0 % 2020 524 5,1 % 2021 499 4,9 % 2022 477 4,7 % 2023 551 5,3 % 2024 557 5,4 % 2025 584 5,6 % 2026 599 5,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,8 %(191)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,8 %(190)
- Non-EU272,1 %(218)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin85,4 %(8 856)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,8 %(910)
- Non-Belgians5,8 %(599)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,5 %(1 815)
- 18-64 years58,4 %(6 055)
- 65 and over24,1 %(2 495)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
36,5 km² · 284 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 532 €total net taxable income, 6 169 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: 5,288
- Registered: 8,039 · turnout 66.1 %
- Blank and void: 23 (0.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vooruit | 1,797 | 34.0 % | 8 |
| cd-Meerhout | 1,632 | 30.9 % | 7 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 800 | 15.1 % | 3 |
| N-VA PLUS | 664 | 12.6 % | 2 |
| MERRET | 395 | 7.5 % | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | +7,1 % | 560 | |
| 71 | -12,3 % | 281 | |
| 64 | +23,1 % | - | |
| 49 | +44,1 % | 12 | |
| 34 | +36,0 % | 28 | |
| 32 | -84,8 % | 1 | |
| 31 | -11,4 % | 10 | |
| 30 | +57,9 % | - | |
| 25 | -34,2 % | 80 | |
| 23 | +283,3 % | 17 | |
| 19 | -9,5 % | 10 | |
| 16 | +23,1 % | 82 | |
| 11 | -26,7 % | 3 | |
| 10 | -16,7 % | 13 | |
| 7 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 3 | - | 5 | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | -66,7 % | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 4 | |
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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.