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Municipality · NIS 72039 · closed 24/04/2026

Houthalen-Helchteren

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1 990provisional

+3,8 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 918)

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

64,31 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 30 945 on 1/1/2025)

Source: Limburg_Houthalen_Helchteren_fr.pdf · 127 pages

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Local executive

  • Mayor: Alain Yzermans

    List: HOPPAH · Party / affiliation: not provided

    Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)

  • Majority (lists on the executive): HOPPAH / N-VA - BUUR

    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
30 879

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
9,4 %2 904 out of 30 879
2010 : 9,5 % · 2026 : 9,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0.
Annual series
1 JanuaryForeign nationalsShare
20102 8759,5 %
20112 8619,4 %
20122 8629,4 %
20132 7779,1 %
20142 6848,8 %
20152 7639,0 %
20162 8019,2 %
20172 8149,2 %
20182 8389,3 %
20192 8799,4 %
20202 9289,6 %
20212 9099,5 %
20223 0029,7 %
20233 0589,9 %
20243 0499,9 %
20253 0349,8 %
20262 9049,4 %

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

Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
  • Neighbouring countries*1,7 %(532)
  • EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,9 %(1 209)
  • Non-EU273,8 %(1 163)

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

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

Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
  • Belgians of Belgian origin50,1 %(15 457)
  • Belgians of foreign origin40,5 %(12 518)
  • Non-Belgians9,4 %(2 904)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Age
  • 0-17 years19,1 %(5 883)
  • 18-64 years58,9 %(18 184)
  • 65 and over22,1 %(6 812)

Statbel, 1/1/2026

Area and density

78,2 km² · 396 inhab./km²

Statbel, 1/1/2025

Median income per tax return

31 817 €total net taxable income, 17 742 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: 12,909
  • Registered: 22,691 · turnout 57.4 %
  • Blank and void: 110 (0.8 % of ballots)
ListVotes%Seats
HOPPAH5,69344.1 %15
N-VA - BUUR4,94838.3 %13
VLAAMS BELANG1,67613.0 %3
PVDA5924.6 %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
1 990+3,8 %2 197
482+15,6 %100
305+1,3 %1 062
2100,0 %79
176-3,8 %186
137+37,0 %-
129-23,2 %322
95+11,8 %105
80-7,0 %54
70+6,1 %-
70+27,3 %7
64+18,5 %5
42+50,0 %2
39-7,1 %36
30+7,1 %36
23+15,0 %20
20-28,6 %44
17+21,4 %41
17-10,5 %-
11-54,2 %8
9+12,5 %13
7-12,5 %1
5+25,0 %10
5+150,0 %2
4-42,9 %2
4+33,3 %7
2-33,3 %6
2-71,4 %-
2-81,8 %20
2-33,3 %3
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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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