Municipality · NIS 46029 · closed 24/04/2026
Lokeren
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3 708provisional
-1,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (3 772)
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
73,27 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 50 606 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Lokeren_fr.pdf · 136 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Filip Anthuenis
List: Lokaal Liberaal · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Lokaal Liberaal / cd&v
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
- 50 897
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 8,8 %4 495 out of 50 897
2025 : 8,7 % · 2026 : 8,8 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2025 4 417 8,7 % 2026 4 495 8,8 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2025-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,1 %(546)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,5 %(1 276)
- Non-EU275,3 %(2 673)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin72,2 %(36 752)
- Belgians of foreign origin19,0 %(9 650)
- Non-Belgians8,8 %(4 495)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,1 %(10 254)
- 18-64 years59,5 %(30 284)
- 65 and over20,4 %(10 359)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
106,2 km² · 477 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
Not published for this municipality code (municipality merged in 2025: 2023 income published for the former municipalities).
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: 23,305
- Registered: 36,702 · turnout 64.4 %
- Blank and void: 333 (1.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lokaal Liberaal | 7,328 | 31.4 % | 13 |
| cd&v | 4,378 | 18.8 % | 7 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 3,288 | 14.1 % | 5 |
| Meerdangroen | 2,857 | 12.3 % | 4 |
| N-VA | 2,795 | 12.0 % | 4 |
| Vooruit | 2,659 | 11.4 % | 4 |
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 |
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| 3 708 | -1,7 % | 4 549 | |
| 663 | -5,4 % | 2 007 | |
| 461 | +5,0 % | 339 | |
| 375 | +23,0 % | - | |
| 342 | -2,8 % | 233 | |
| 299 | -7,1 % | 437 | |
| 268 | -13,5 % | 421 | |
| 264 | +54,4 % | - | |
| 231 | +19,7 % | 163 | |
| 175 | -19,0 % | 6 | |
| 149 | -11,8 % | 147 | |
| 131 | +37,9 % | 109 | |
| 110 | +20,9 % | 21 | |
| 68 | -15,0 % | 52 | |
| 65 | -3,0 % | 8 | |
| 58 | -7,9 % | 80 | |
| 57 | -14,9 % | 57 | |
| 55 | -11,3 % | 81 | |
| 50 | -10,7 % | 53 | |
| 49 | +25,6 % | 48 | |
| 28 | -37,8 % | 50 | |
| 18 | -35,7 % | - | |
| 18 | +12,5 % | 8 | |
| 11 | +10,0 % | 3 | |
| 8 | -11,1 % | 13 | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | -58,3 % | 4 | |
| 4 | -80,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 25 | |
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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
5 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten5