Municipality · NIS 12026 · closed 24/04/2026
Nijlen
967provisional
+20,6 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (802)
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
40,72 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 23 747 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Nijlen_fr.pdf · 119 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Leo Verelst
List: N-VA - NIEUW NIJLEN · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 07/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA - NIEUW NIJLEN / Voor 2560
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
- 23 881
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,7 %887 out of 23 881
2010 : 1,3 % · 2026 : 3,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 285 1,3 % 2011 301 1,4 % 2012 322 1,5 % 2013 364 1,6 % 2014 392 1,8 % 2015 407 1,8 % 2016 422 1,9 % 2017 432 1,9 % 2018 525 2,3 % 2019 586 2,6 % 2020 598 2,6 % 2021 618 2,7 % 2022 700 3,0 % 2023 815 3,5 % 2024 878 3,7 % 2025 886 3,7 % 2026 887 3,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,8 %(194)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,1 %(254)
- Non-EU271,8 %(439)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,1 %(21 047)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,2 %(1 947)
- Non-Belgians3,7 %(887)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,2 %(4 342)
- 18-64 years58,9 %(14 057)
- 65 and over23,0 %(5 482)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
39,2 km² · 606 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 694 €total net taxable income, 13 827 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: 11,695
- Registered: 18,756 · turnout 63.2 %
- Blank and void: 151 (1.3 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA - NIEUW NIJLEN | 4,369 | 37.4 % | 12 |
| TROTS | 3,563 | 30.5 % | 9 |
| Voor 2560 | 1,342 | 11.5 % | 2 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,285 | 11.0 % | 2 |
| GROEN&PRO | 1,136 | 9.7 % | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 967 | +20,6 % | 1 045 | |
| 217 | +39,1 % | 485 | |
| 130 | +0,8 % | 20 | |
| 107 | +37,2 % | 63 | |
| 94 | +161,1 % | 2 | |
| 75 | -5,1 % | 127 | |
| 55 | +111,5 % | - | |
| 54 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 53 | +35,9 % | 14 | |
| 40 | +29,0 % | 87 | |
| 35 | 0,0 % | 22 | |
| 25 | -32,4 % | 49 | |
| 20 | +17,6 % | 41 | |
| 18 | -5,3 % | 7 | |
| 17 | +13,3 % | 4 | |
| 14 | -17,6 % | 11 | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | 17 | |
| 10 | +233,3 % | - | |
| 9 | - | - | |
| 8 | +14,3 % | 13 | |
| 7 | -36,4 % | 31 | |
| 7 | -53,3 % | 4 | |
| 7 | -53,3 % | 8 | |
| 6 | +20,0 % | 10 | |
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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.