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Municipality · NIS 11040 · closed 24/04/2026

Schoten

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2 126provisional

-1,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 168)

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

60,87 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 34 926 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Antwerpen_Schoten_fr.pdf · 133 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Maarten De Veuster

    List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / cd&v 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
34 849

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
8,3 %2 909 out of 34 849
2010 : 5,6 % · 2026 : 8,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20101 8595,6 %
20111 9655,8 %
20122 0186,0 %
20132 0926,2 %
20142 1916,5 %
20152 2726,7 %
20162 3186,8 %
20172 3816,9 %
20182 4447,1 %
20192 5477,4 %
20202 5867,5 %
20212 5557,5 %
20222 5157,4 %
20232 7187,9 %
20242 8688,3 %
20252 9398,4 %
20262 9098,3 %

Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*2,9 %(1 021)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,0 %(699)
  • Non-EU273,4 %(1 189)

* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).

Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin74,9 %(26 100)
  • Belgians of foreign origin16,8 %(5 840)
  • Non-Belgians8,3 %(2 909)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years18,9 %(6 603)
  • 18-64 years56,9 %(19 824)
  • 65 and over24,2 %(8 422)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

29,5 km² · 1 184 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

33 570 €total net taxable income, 20 509 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: 17,118
  • Registered: 26,023 · turnout 66.0 %
  • Blank and void: 69 (0.4 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
N-VA6,45737.7 %14
VLAAMS BELANG5,45031.8 %11
cd&v plus2,08012.2 %3
Groen1,3648.0 %2
Vooruit1,1516.7 %1
PVDA6163.6 %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).

Category2025prov.Change 2025/20242000
2 126-1,9 %2 427
565+1,1 %1 250
238+6,7 %160
233+12,0 %-
177-4,8 %78
154-18,9 %271
109-6,8 %2
106-5,4 %123
84-13,4 %69
84-6,7 %14
82+49,1 %27
75-5,1 %81
43+10,3 %33
42+44,8 %28
41-12,8 %-
31-47,5 %51
22+29,4 %51
19-5,0 %20
16-15,8 %18
12+71,4 %5
7-69,6 %91
7-12,5 %-
6-66,7 %10
5+150,0 %-
2+100,0 %-
2+100,0 %3
2-1
1-50,0 %1
1-50,0 %-
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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.

Documented perimeters

3 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).

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