Municipality · NIS 43005 · closed 24/04/2026
Eeklo
1 827provisional
-10,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (2 047)
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
80,37 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 22 733 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Eeklo_fr.pdf · 124 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Koen Loete
List: TEAM9900 Stadslijst · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): TEAM9900 Stadslijst / Vooruit
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
- 22 911
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 11,9 %2 731 out of 22 911
2010 : 2,9 % · 2026 : 11,9 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 576 2,9 % 2011 638 3,2 % 2012 719 3,5 % 2013 839 4,1 % 2014 923 4,5 % 2015 1 040 5,1 % 2016 1 125 5,5 % 2017 1 202 5,8 % 2018 1 310 6,3 % 2019 1 531 7,2 % 2020 1 719 8,1 % 2021 1 869 8,7 % 2022 2 009 9,2 % 2023 2 282 10,3 % 2024 2 428 10,8 % 2025 2 674 11,8 % 2026 2 731 11,9 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,5 %(345)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries4,5 %(1 040)
- Non-EU275,9 %(1 346)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin73,6 %(16 853)
- Belgians of foreign origin14,5 %(3 327)
- Non-Belgians11,9 %(2 731)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,7 %(4 052)
- 18-64 years59,0 %(13 507)
- 65 and over23,4 %(5 352)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
30,4 km² · 747 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
29 257 €total net taxable income, 13 934 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: 8,716
- Registered: 16,514 · turnout 53.7 %
- Blank and void: 151 (1.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM9900 Stadslijst | 3,073 | 35.3 % | 11 |
| DURF! N-VA/SMS&MEER | 2,645 | 30.3 % | 9 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,459 | 16.7 % | 4 |
| Vooruit | 985 | 11.3 % | 3 |
| PRO-Eeklo | 382 | 4.4 % | 0 |
| Progressief Eeklo | 172 | 2.0 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 827 | -10,7 % | 2 346 | |
| 341 | -23,4 % | 811 | |
| 215 | -17,3 % | 188 | |
| 169 | -2,3 % | 275 | |
| 164 | -12,3 % | 410 | |
| 147 | -2,6 % | 81 | |
| 126 | +23,5 % | - | |
| 105 | +31,3 % | 10 | |
| 102 | +9,7 % | 7 | |
| 86 | +14,7 % | 23 | |
| 80 | -22,3 % | 81 | |
| 47 | -25,4 % | 33 | |
| 45 | +95,7 % | 39 | |
| 41 | -50,0 % | 156 | |
| 37 | -46,4 % | 8 | |
| 26 | +18,2 % | 18 | |
| 24 | -25,0 % | 22 | |
| 21 | -4,5 % | 54 | |
| 19 | -32,1 % | 20 | |
| 11 | -15,4 % | - | |
| 11 | +83,3 % | 14 | |
| 10 | +66,7 % | - | |
| 3 | -40,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -62,5 % | 10 | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 2 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 4 | |
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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).
- Kwetsbare buurten3