Municipality · NIS 25072 · closed 24/04/2026
Nivelles
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3 277provisional
+3,4 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (3 170)
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
111,35 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 29 429 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Brabant_wallon_Nivelles_fr.pdf · 132 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Bernard DE RO
List: LES ENGAGÉS · Party / affiliation: Les Engagé·e·s
In office on 14/01/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): ECOLO / LES ENGAGÉS / PluS pour Nivelles
In office on 14/01/2026 · 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
- 29 830
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 9,9 %2 965 out of 29 830
2010 : 6,6 % · 2026 : 9,9 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 707 6,6 % 2011 1 798 6,8 % 2012 1 928 7,2 % 2013 1 947 7,2 % 2014 2 021 7,4 % 2015 2 076 7,5 % 2016 2 220 7,9 % 2017 2 361 8,3 % 2018 2 420 8,5 % 2019 2 470 8,6 % 2020 2 493 8,6 % 2021 2 586 8,9 % 2022 2 636 9,1 % 2023 2 711 9,3 % 2024 2 789 9,6 % 2025 2 885 9,8 % 2026 2 965 9,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*2,6 %(771)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,3 %(972)
- Non-EU274,1 %(1 222)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin66,3 %(19 785)
- Belgians of foreign origin23,7 %(7 080)
- Non-Belgians9,9 %(2 965)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,8 %(5 318)
- 18-64 years59,3 %(17 689)
- 65 and over22,9 %(6 823)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
60,8 km² · 484 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 703 €total net taxable income, 18 066 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: 17,963
- Registered: 22,009 · turnout 87.6 %
- Blank and void: 1,306 (6.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| LB | 5,876 | 32.7 % | 11 |
| LES ENGAGÉS | 4,361 | 24.3 % | 7 |
| PluS pour Nivelles | 3,393 | 18.9 % | 6 |
| ECOLO | 1,982 | 11.0 % | 3 |
| MCN | 1,565 | 8.7 % | 2 |
| DéFI | 786 | 4.4 % | 0 |
Source: SPW Intérieur (Walloon administration), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 277 | +3,4 % | 3 042 | |
| 770 | +2,1 % | 1 544 | |
| 397 | +3,7 % | 108 | |
| 317 | +5,7 % | 170 | |
| 312 | -4,6 % | 119 | |
| 214 | +1,4 % | 382 | |
| 171 | -18,6 % | - | |
| 169 | -3,4 % | 37 | |
| 168 | -2,9 % | 116 | |
| 143 | -2,7 % | 39 | |
| 103 | -25,4 % | 111 | |
| 90 | +15,4 % | 121 | |
| 85 | +26,9 % | 15 | |
| 70 | +42,9 % | 69 | |
| 64 | +52,4 % | 20 | |
| 63 | +31,3 % | 2 | |
| 54 | -18,2 % | 23 | |
| 45 | +28,6 % | 23 | |
| 34 | +61,9 % | 46 | |
| 30 | +11,1 % | - | |
| 25 | +108,3 % | 11 | |
| 18 | +200,0 % | 7 | |
| 13 | -13,3 % | 25 | |
| 7 | - | 2 | |
| 5 | -28,6 % | 1 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | 9 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 4 | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | 15 | |
| 2 | - | 3 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| - | - | 2 | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| - | - | 123 | |
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| - | - | 1 | |
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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.