Municipality · NIS 45059 · closed 24/04/2026
Brakel
578provisional
-4,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (604)
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
38,21 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 15 127 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Brakel_fr.pdf · 114 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Marleen Gyselinck
List: Open Vld · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 12/01/2026 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Open Vld / Broakel2.0
Derived from the lists of the executive members · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Previous mandates (this term)
- Alexander De Croo from 03/02/2025 to 12/01/2026
- Alexander De Croo (office-holder unable to serve) from 02/12/2024 to 03/02/2025
- Marleen Gyselinck (acting) from 02/12/2024 to 03/02/2025
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
- 15 169
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 3,2 %485 out of 15 169
2010 : 0,9 % · 2026 : 3,2 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 131 0,9 % 2011 169 1,2 % 2012 200 1,4 % 2013 227 1,6 % 2014 230 1,6 % 2015 279 1,9 % 2016 280 1,9 % 2017 333 2,3 % 2018 357 2,4 % 2019 383 2,6 % 2020 404 2,7 % 2021 404 2,7 % 2022 446 3,0 % 2023 516 3,4 % 2024 498 3,3 % 2025 475 3,1 % 2026 485 3,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,5 %(72)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,4 %(217)
- Non-EU271,3 %(196)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin90,1 %(13 666)
- Belgians of foreign origin6,7 %(1 018)
- Non-Belgians3,2 %(485)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,7 %(2 680)
- 18-64 years58,3 %(8 849)
- 65 and over24,0 %(3 640)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
57 km² · 266 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
34 061 €total net taxable income, 9 106 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: 8,240
- Registered: 12,026 · turnout 69.5 %
- Blank and void: 115 (1.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Vld | 3,556 | 43.2 % | 13 |
| Broakel2.0 | 1,976 | 24.0 % | 6 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,441 | 17.5 % | 4 |
| GROEN | 642 | 7.8 % | 1 |
| Vooruit Brakel | 625 | 7.6 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 578 | -4,3 % | 676 | |
| 89 | +21,9 % | - | |
| 84 | -8,7 % | 188 | |
| 81 | -13,8 % | 61 | |
| 57 | -9,5 % | 55 | |
| 48 | +14,3 % | 22 | |
| 33 | +17,9 % | 97 | |
| 33 | +94,1 % | 4 | |
| 25 | -41,9 % | - | |
| 22 | -37,1 % | 48 | |
| 21 | -51,2 % | 7 | |
| 20 | -25,9 % | 29 | |
| 18 | -5,3 % | 8 | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 8 | |
| 13 | -27,8 % | 4 | |
| 12 | +71,4 % | 12 | |
| 7 | +600,0 % | 1 | |
| 5 | - | - | |
| 4 | -55,6 % | 80 | |
| 4 | -50,0 % | 5 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 3 | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | 3 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 1 | -66,7 % | 1 | |
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| - | - | 23 | |
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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.