Municipality · NIS 44052 · closed 24/04/2026
Oosterzele
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515provisional
-4,5 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (539)
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
36,56 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 14 088 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Oosterzele_fr.pdf · 114 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Orville Cottenie
List: pro9860 · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 22/01/2025 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): pro9860 / VOLUIT
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
- 14 150
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 2,5 %359 out of 14 150
2010 : 0,9 % · 2026 : 2,5 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 116 0,9 % 2011 117 0,9 % 2012 137 1,0 % 2013 158 1,2 % 2014 177 1,3 % 2015 174 1,3 % 2016 176 1,3 % 2017 195 1,4 % 2018 186 1,4 % 2019 216 1,6 % 2020 227 1,7 % 2021 240 1,7 % 2022 263 1,9 % 2023 326 2,3 % 2024 322 2,3 % 2025 312 2,2 % 2026 359 2,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,4 %(60)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,1 %(160)
- Non-EU271,0 %(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 origin92,0 %(13 011)
- Belgians of foreign origin5,5 %(780)
- Non-Belgians2,5 %(359)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,4 %(2 741)
- 18-64 years59,0 %(8 355)
- 65 and over21,6 %(3 054)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
43,6 km² · 323 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
37 846 €total net taxable income, 8 131 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: 7,875
- Registered: 11,054 · turnout 71.9 %
- Blank and void: 77 (1.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZorgSaam Oosterzele | 2,566 | 32.6 % | 8 |
| pro9860 | 2,124 | 27.0 % | 7 |
| VOLUIT | 1,738 | 22.1 % | 5 |
| Groen Oosterzele | 1,126 | 14.3 % | 3 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 321 | 4.1 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 515 | -4,5 % | 524 | |
| 93 | +40,9 % | 35 | |
| 79 | -21,8 % | 172 | |
| 61 | -6,2 % | 32 | |
| 52 | -11,9 % | 12 | |
| 38 | -36,7 % | 79 | |
| 31 | +40,9 % | - | |
| 25 | -10,7 % | 1 | |
| 25 | +4,2 % | 15 | |
| 21 | +31,3 % | 30 | |
| 13 | -7,1 % | 5 | |
| 12 | -20,0 % | - | |
| 10 | +25,0 % | 2 | |
| 10 | +11,1 % | 52 | |
| 10 | -54,5 % | 4 | |
| 9 | +28,6 % | 4 | |
| 9 | +350,0 % | 62 | |
| 6 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 4 | - | - | |
| 4 | -33,3 % | 2 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | - | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | -75,0 % | 5 | |
| 1 | -75,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
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| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 1 |
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.