Municipality · NIS 46021 · closed 24/04/2026
Sint-Niklaas
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7 592provisional
+5,0 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (7 233)
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
91,85 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 82 661 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Sint_Niklaas_fr.pdf · 140 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Lieven Dehandschutter
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / Vooruit / 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
- 83 400
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 13,3 %11 063 out of 83 400
2010 : 5,3 % · 2026 : 13,3 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 3 818 5,3 % 2011 4 226 5,8 % 2012 4 613 6,3 % 2013 4 853 6,6 % 2014 5 082 6,9 % 2015 5 456 7,3 % 2016 6 072 8,1 % 2017 6 681 8,8 % 2018 7 183 9,4 % 2019 7 763 10,0 % 2020 8 571 10,9 % 2021 8 995 11,3 % 2022 9 481 11,8 % 2023 10 116 12,5 % 2024 10 537 12,9 % 2025 11 049 13,4 % 2026 11 063 13,3 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,8 %(1 505)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,0 %(2 477)
- Non-EU278,5 %(7 081)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin61,4 %(51 207)
- Belgians of foreign origin25,3 %(21 130)
- Non-Belgians13,3 %(11 063)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years22,2 %(18 494)
- 18-64 years57,8 %(48 210)
- 65 and over20,0 %(16 696)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
84,2 km² · 982 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 191 €total net taxable income, 46 604 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: 34,775
- Registered: 56,273 · turnout 62.1 %
- Blank and void: 182 (0.5 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | 9,570 | 27.5 % | 14 |
| Vooruit | 8,898 | 25.6 % | 12 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 6,781 | 19.5 % | 9 |
| cd&v | 3,646 | 10.5 % | 4 |
| GROEN | 2,982 | 8.6 % | 3 |
| PVDA | 1,676 | 4.8 % | 1 |
| Liberaal St-Niklaas | 1,222 | 3.5 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 592 | +5,0 % | 8 172 | |
| 1 706 | -3,6 % | 3 493 | |
| 901 | +14,2 % | 809 | |
| 790 | +10,3 % | 612 | |
| 723 | +34,1 % | - | |
| 609 | +0,2 % | 889 | |
| 430 | -6,1 % | 11 | |
| 421 | +39,9 % | 324 | |
| 410 | +28,5 % | 225 | |
| 378 | -9,8 % | - | |
| 327 | +2,8 % | 341 | |
| 304 | +46,9 % | 155 | |
| 228 | -4,2 % | 59 | |
| 171 | -9,0 % | 195 | |
| 166 | +18,6 % | 68 | |
| 150 | -5,1 % | 183 | |
| 136 | +13,3 % | 130 | |
| 111 | -5,9 % | 232 | |
| 85 | +7,6 % | 60 | |
| 62 | 0,0 % | 66 | |
| 56 | +36,6 % | 3 | |
| 37 | -52,6 % | 8 | |
| 36 | -18,2 % | 5 | |
| 34 | -8,1 % | 36 | |
| 9 | +28,6 % | 2 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | 3 | |
| 5 | +25,0 % | 6 | |
| 4 | - | 47 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 2 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | - | |
| 3 | +200,0 % | 187 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 9 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | 11 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - |
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
18 documented perimeters for this municipality (separate regional instruments; no federal list).
- Kwetsbare buurten17
- Wijkverbetering1