Municipality · NIS 25112 · closed 24/04/2026
Wavre
3 087provisional
+2,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (3 007)
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
86,76 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 35 581 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Brabant_wallon_Wavre_fr.pdf · 133 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Benoit THOREAU
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 / PS
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
- 35 735
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 11,3 %4 041 out of 35 735
2010 : 7,5 % · 2026 : 11,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 2 474 7,5 % 2011 2 556 7,7 % 2012 2 724 8,2 % 2013 2 826 8,5 % 2014 2 942 8,8 % 2015 3 100 9,2 % 2016 3 244 9,6 % 2017 3 401 10,0 % 2018 3 535 10,3 % 2019 3 693 10,7 % 2020 3 931 11,3 % 2021 3 906 11,2 % 2022 3 933 11,2 % 2023 4 180 11,8 % 2024 4 142 11,6 % 2025 4 141 11,6 % 2026 4 041 11,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*3,1 %(1 093)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,8 %(1 343)
- Non-EU274,5 %(1 605)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin61,4 %(21 938)
- Belgians of foreign origin27,3 %(9 756)
- Non-Belgians11,3 %(4 041)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,6 %(6 629)
- 18-64 years58,4 %(20 858)
- 65 and over23,1 %(8 248)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
42,1 km² · 845 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 785 €total net taxable income, 21 139 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: 20,014
- Registered: 25,948 · turnout 83.0 %
- Blank and void: 1,522 (7.1 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| LB | 6,256 | 31.3 % | 12 |
| LES ENGAGÉS | 6,253 | 31.2 % | 12 |
| PS | 2,929 | 14.6 % | 5 |
| ECOLO | 2,837 | 14.2 % | 4 |
| Macavenir | 890 | 4.4 % | 0 |
| DéFI | 849 | 4.2 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 087 | +2,7 % | 3 500 | |
| 784 | +19,3 % | 1 698 | |
| 439 | +77,7 % | - | |
| 381 | +6,4 % | 224 | |
| 314 | -11,3 % | 317 | |
| 236 | -3,3 % | - | |
| 197 | +13,9 % | 68 | |
| 183 | -16,1 % | 176 | |
| 142 | +11,8 % | 126 | |
| 132 | -14,3 % | 39 | |
| 97 | -20,5 % | 123 | |
| 81 | -6,9 % | 308 | |
| 78 | +14,7 % | 63 | |
| 71 | +18,3 % | 32 | |
| 70 | +20,7 % | 14 | |
| 57 | +32,6 % | 8 | |
| 51 | -28,2 % | 50 | |
| 44 | +15,8 % | 59 | |
| 35 | +12,9 % | 36 | |
| 25 | +127,3 % | 5 | |
| 25 | -10,7 % | 1 | |
| 21 | +40,0 % | 3 | |
| 18 | +28,6 % | 13 | |
| 12 | -78,2 % | 36 | |
| 10 | +400,0 % | 3 | |
| 7 | +600,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | 50 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | 9 | |
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| 1 | -50,0 % | 2 | |
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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
1 documented perimeter for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- ZIP (Wallonie)1