Municipality · NIS 44013 · closed 24/04/2026
Destelbergen
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+15,3 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (751)
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
45,37 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 19 088 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Destelbergen_fr.pdf · 118 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Elsie Sierens
List: Open Vld · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / Open Vld
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
- 19 223
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,8 %1 113 out of 19 223
2010 : 2,6 % · 2026 : 5,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 462 2,6 % 2011 498 2,8 % 2012 538 3,0 % 2013 544 3,1 % 2014 569 3,2 % 2015 627 3,5 % 2016 639 3,6 % 2017 651 3,6 % 2018 726 4,0 % 2019 806 4,4 % 2020 866 4,7 % 2021 885 4,7 % 2022 1 002 5,3 % 2023 1 112 5,8 % 2024 1 102 5,8 % 2025 1 089 5,7 % 2026 1 113 5,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,0 %(184)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,9 %(551)
- Non-EU272,0 %(378)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin81,9 %(15 752)
- Belgians of foreign origin12,3 %(2 358)
- Non-Belgians5,8 %(1 113)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,0 %(3 644)
- 18-64 years56,6 %(10 876)
- 65 and over24,5 %(4 703)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
26,7 km² · 715 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
36 767 €total net taxable income, 11 143 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: 10,033
- Registered: 14,689 · turnout 69.0 %
- Blank and void: 98 (1.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Vld | 3,027 | 30.2 % | 9 |
| N-VA | 2,305 | 23.0 % | 7 |
| cd&v 9070 sterker. | 2,223 | 22.2 % | 6 |
| GROEN | 1,115 | 11.1 % | 2 |
| Vooruit | 806 | 8.0 % | 1 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 557 | 5.6 % | 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).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 866 | +15,3 % | 714 | |
| 199 | -3,9 % | 316 | |
| 140 | +30,8 % | 35 | |
| 76 | +26,7 % | 49 | |
| 64 | +3,2 % | - | |
| 61 | +24,5 % | 17 | |
| 50 | +56,3 % | 2 | |
| 50 | -10,7 % | 100 | |
| 40 | +11,1 % | 16 | |
| 31 | +93,8 % | 15 | |
| 25 | +108,3 % | 2 | |
| 21 | -16,0 % | 6 | |
| 21 | +90,9 % | 42 | |
| 17 | +41,7 % | 14 | |
| 16 | +23,1 % | 59 | |
| 13 | +18,2 % | 3 | |
| 10 | -54,5 % | - | |
| 10 | +400,0 % | - | |
| 8 | +14,3 % | 2 | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | 9 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 5 | |
| 3 | - | 1 | |
| 3 | -66,7 % | 5 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | - | 2 | |
| 1 | -83,3 % | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 6 | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| - | - | 2 |
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.