Municipality · NIS 13029 · closed 24/04/2026
Olen
541provisional
+2,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (529)
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
41,89 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 12 915 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Antwerpen_Olen_fr.pdf · 117 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kris Gebruers
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v / O1
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
- 12 945
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,1 %660 out of 12 945
2010 : 1,9 % · 2026 : 5,1 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 225 1,9 % 2011 218 1,9 % 2012 271 2,3 % 2013 277 2,3 % 2014 306 2,5 % 2015 324 2,7 % 2016 362 3,0 % 2017 367 3,0 % 2018 424 3,4 % 2019 499 4,0 % 2020 503 4,0 % 2021 526 4,2 % 2022 530 4,2 % 2023 601 4,7 % 2024 647 5,0 % 2025 688 5,3 % 2026 660 5,1 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,0 %(130)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,0 %(264)
- Non-EU272,1 %(266)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin85,6 %(11 085)
- Belgians of foreign origin9,3 %(1 200)
- Non-Belgians5,1 %(660)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,2 %(2 351)
- 18-64 years59,3 %(7 673)
- 65 and over22,6 %(2 921)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
23,1 km² · 558 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 501 €total net taxable income, 7 625 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: 6,127
- Registered: 9,960 · turnout 61.8 %
- Blank and void: 32 (0.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 1,664 | 27.2 % | 7 |
| O1 | 1,373 | 22.4 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,168 | 19.1 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 763 | 12.5 % | 3 |
| Vooruit | 504 | 8.2 % | 1 |
| GROEN | 412 | 6.7 % | 1 |
| Dorpslijst Olen | 243 | 4.0 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 541 | +2,3 % | 680 | |
| 113 | -20,4 % | 367 | |
| 79 | +38,6 % | - | |
| 49 | +16,7 % | 14 | |
| 43 | +2,4 % | - | |
| 40 | -9,1 % | 32 | |
| 38 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 38 | +15,2 % | 15 | |
| 32 | -17,9 % | 37 | |
| 30 | +36,4 % | 19 | |
| 29 | +52,6 % | 91 | |
| 15 | -11,8 % | 5 | |
| 14 | -41,7 % | 18 | |
| 12 | +20,0 % | 15 | |
| 12 | +9,1 % | 5 | |
| 9 | +50,0 % | 12 | |
| 6 | -14,3 % | 3 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 4 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 16 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | -60,0 % | 5 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 6 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 4 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
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| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 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.