Municipality · NIS 44084 · closed 24/04/2026
Aalter
1 497provisional
+1,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (1 478)
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
50,18 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 29 830 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Aalter_fr.pdf · 124 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Mathias Van de Walle
List: CD&V/DU · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 13/10/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): CD&V/DU / N-VA
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Previous mandates (this term)
- Pieter De Crem from 05/12/2024 to 13/10/2025
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
- 29 862
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,0 %1 506 out of 29 862
2019 : 3,3 % · 2026 : 5,0 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2019 958 3,3 % 2020 1 090 3,7 % 2021 1 153 3,9 % 2022 1 284 4,4 % 2023 1 443 4,9 % 2024 1 553 5,2 % 2025 1 534 5,1 % 2026 1 506 5,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2019-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,9 %(254)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,5 %(754)
- Non-EU271,7 %(498)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin89,6 %(26 764)
- Belgians of foreign origin5,3 %(1 592)
- Non-Belgians5,0 %(1 506)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,3 %(5 169)
- 18-64 years58,9 %(17 581)
- 65 and over23,8 %(7 112)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
119,9 km² · 249 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 457 €total net taxable income, 17 868 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: 15,031
- Registered: 23,283 · turnout 65.0 %
- Blank and void: 101 (0.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD&V/DU | 6,366 | 42.4 % | 13 |
| N-VA | 4,140 | 27.5 % | 8 |
| GROEN | 3,209 | 21.3 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,316 | 8.8 % | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 497 | +1,3 % | 1 118 | |
| 333 | -7,0 % | 440 | |
| 166 | +11,4 % | 127 | |
| 160 | +34,5 % | - | |
| 109 | -11,4 % | 71 | |
| 106 | -37,6 % | 135 | |
| 92 | -3,2 % | 10 | |
| 90 | +47,5 % | 24 | |
| 81 | +9,5 % | 66 | |
| 59 | +63,9 % | - | |
| 56 | +7,7 % | 1 | |
| 49 | +4,3 % | 9 | |
| 47 | +80,8 % | 12 | |
| 45 | +36,4 % | 41 | |
| 32 | +18,5 % | 5 | |
| 28 | +33,3 % | 27 | |
| 23 | -45,2 % | 63 | |
| 21 | +40,0 % | 6 | |
| 19 | -13,6 % | 15 | |
| 16 | 0,0 % | 4 | |
| 7 | +250,0 % | 1 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | -80,0 % | 10 | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | 8 | |
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| 1 | - | 12 | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | - | |
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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.