Municipality · NIS 44021 · closed 24/04/2026
Gent
33 092provisional
-4,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (34 544)
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
121,37 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 272 657 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Gent_fr.pdf · 155 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Mathias De Clercq
List: Voor Gent · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 07/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Voor Gent / GROEN
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
- 274 042
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 17,7 %48 448 out of 274 042
2010 : 10,9 % · 2026 : 17,7 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 26 531 10,9 % 2011 29 504 11,9 % 2012 30 592 12,3 % 2013 30 494 12,3 % 2014 32 198 12,8 % 2015 33 831 13,4 % 2016 36 082 14,0 % 2017 36 677 14,2 % 2018 37 135 14,3 % 2019 38 793 14,8 % 2020 40 533 15,4 % 2021 40 856 15,5 % 2022 42 466 16,0 % 2023 45 968 17,1 % 2024 46 837 17,4 % 2025 48 506 17,8 % 2026 48 448 17,7 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,7 %(4 556)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries7,2 %(19 753)
- Non-EU278,8 %(24 139)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin59,6 %(163 344)
- Belgians of foreign origin22,7 %(62 250)
- Non-Belgians17,7 %(48 448)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,2 %(49 970)
- 18-64 years65,1 %(178 267)
- 65 and over16,7 %(45 805)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
157,8 km² · 1 728 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
29 665 €total net taxable income, 166 317 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: 117,083
- Registered: 183,744 · turnout 64.9 %
- Blank and void: 2,104 (1.8 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voor Gent | 38,099 | 32.5 % | 19 |
| GROEN | 28,802 | 24.6 % | 14 |
| N-VA | 20,802 | 17.8 % | 10 |
| cd&v | 10,016 | 8.6 % | 4 |
| PVDA | 8,635 | 7.4 % | 3 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 7,558 | 6.5 % | 3 |
| FouadAhidar&TeamGent | 1,625 | 1.4 % | 0 |
| Voor U | 714 | 0.6 % | 0 |
| GrondRecht | 507 | 0.4 % | 0 |
| Red Gent | 325 | 0.3 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 092 | -4,2 % | 29 834 | |
| 9 887 | -18,3 % | 14 587 | |
| 3 489 | +5,5 % | 2 | |
| 3 021 | +1,1 % | 2 346 | |
| 2 919 | +16,2 % | 997 | |
| 2 510 | +2,1 % | 1 549 | |
| 2 259 | -9,5 % | 3 138 | |
| 2 038 | -1,6 % | - | |
| 1 991 | +22,6 % | 432 | |
| 1 453 | +6,3 % | 1 214 | |
| 1 205 | +6,8 % | 1 126 | |
| 1 153 | -3,9 % | 642 | |
| 727 | -23,6 % | 357 | |
| 666 | +3,1 % | 407 | |
| 607 | +27,3 % | 56 | |
| 468 | -8,1 % | 212 | |
| 459 | -5,4 % | 443 | |
| 262 | +32,3 % | 634 | |
| 256 | -12,6 % | 273 | |
| 230 | -8,0 % | 796 | |
| 189 | +80,0 % | 6 | |
| 180 | +13,9 % | 46 | |
| 132 | -1,5 % | 118 | |
| 101 | -1,9 % | 30 | |
| 84 | +90,9 % | 48 | |
| 73 | +5,8 % | 42 | |
| 67 | +67,5 % | 29 | |
| 48 | -4,0 % | 21 | |
| 40 | +42,9 % | 82 | |
| 12 | +50,0 % | 1 | |
| 10 | +233,3 % | 57 | |
| 10 | +25,0 % | - | |
| 9 | +125,0 % | 95 | |
| 6 | -40,0 % | - | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 10 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | - | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 4 | -20,0 % | 31 | |
| 1 | -92,9 % | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 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.
Documented perimeters
41 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten40
- Wijkverbetering1