Municipality · NIS 71045 · closed 24/04/2026
Nieuwerkerken
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227provisional
-7,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (244)
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
30,98 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 7 328 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Limburg_Nieuwerkerken_fr.pdf · 96 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Dries Deferm
List: cd&v plus · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): 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
- 7 340
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 6,5 %478 out of 7 340
2010 : 1,8 % · 2026 : 6,5 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 118 1,8 % 2011 134 2,0 % 2012 151 2,3 % 2013 159 2,4 % 2014 166 2,5 % 2015 193 2,8 % 2016 219 3,2 % 2017 218 3,1 % 2018 228 3,3 % 2019 254 3,7 % 2020 278 4,0 % 2021 300 4,2 % 2022 307 4,4 % 2023 377 5,2 % 2024 412 5,6 % 2025 447 6,1 % 2026 478 6,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,9 %(64)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,4 %(179)
- Non-EU273,2 %(235)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin85,5 %(6 273)
- Belgians of foreign origin8,0 %(589)
- Non-Belgians6,5 %(478)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years16,9 %(1 243)
- 18-64 years59,7 %(4 385)
- 65 and over23,3 %(1 712)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
22,5 km² · 326 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 923 €total net taxable income, 4 353 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: 3,702
- Registered: 5,717 · turnout 65.6 %
- Blank and void: 51 (1.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v plus | 1,991 | 53.8 % | 12 |
| Vooruit | 944 | 25.5 % | 5 |
| N-VA | 408 | 11.0 % | 1 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 359 | 9.7 % | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | -7,0 % | 230 | |
| 59 | +37,2 % | 8 | |
| 41 | -4,7 % | 64 | |
| 30 | +30,4 % | - | |
| 21 | -8,7 % | 32 | |
| 17 | -5,6 % | 16 | |
| 16 | +77,8 % | - | |
| 10 | -9,1 % | 11 | |
| 8 | -11,1 % | 3 | |
| 8 | +33,3 % | 3 | |
| 7 | -12,5 % | 12 | |
| 7 | -65,0 % | 42 | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | 3 | |
| 4 | -42,9 % | 4 | |
| 2 | -77,8 % | 14 | |
| 2 | - | 2 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 6 | |
| 1 | -80,0 % | 2 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 2 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 5 |
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.