Municipality · NIS 42023 · closed 24/04/2026
Waasmunster
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+16,1 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (517)
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
52,65 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 11 395 on 1/1/2025)
Source: Oost_Vlaanderen_Waasmunster_fr.pdf · 119 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Jurgen Bauwens
List: CD&VTeamBurgemeester · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): CD&VTeamBurgemeester / Liberaal Waasmunster
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
- 11 532
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 6,4 %736 out of 11 532
2010 : 2,6 % · 2026 : 6,4 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 268 2,6 % 2011 306 2,9 % 2012 297 2,8 % 2013 306 2,9 % 2014 351 3,3 % 2015 360 3,4 % 2016 371 3,5 % 2017 455 4,2 % 2018 487 4,5 % 2019 512 4,7 % 2020 540 4,9 % 2021 516 4,7 % 2022 532 4,8 % 2023 578 5,2 % 2024 605 5,4 % 2025 638 5,6 % 2026 736 6,4 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,2 %(144)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries1,7 %(196)
- Non-EU273,4 %(396)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin81,6 %(9 412)
- Belgians of foreign origin12,0 %(1 384)
- Non-Belgians6,4 %(736)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years19,9 %(2 293)
- 18-64 years58,2 %(6 714)
- 65 and over21,9 %(2 525)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
32,3 km² · 353 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
35 650 €total net taxable income, 6 400 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: 5,704
- Registered: 8,641 · turnout 66.6 %
- Blank and void: 51 (0.9 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD&VTeamBurgemeester | 2,110 | 37.0 % | 10 |
| Liberaal Waasmunster | 1,639 | 28.7 % | 7 |
| N-VA | 752 | 13.2 % | 2 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 542 | 9.5 % | 1 |
| GROEN | 406 | 7.1 % | 1 |
| ANDERS | 170 | 3.0 % | 0 |
| Vooruit | 85 | 1.5 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | +16,1 % | 850 | |
| 133 | -6,3 % | 266 | |
| 83 | +45,6 % | 66 | |
| 58 | +1,8 % | 125 | |
| 52 | +15,6 % | 41 | |
| 46 | +70,4 % | - | |
| 38 | +280,0 % | 35 | |
| 35 | -31,4 % | 74 | |
| 33 | +65,0 % | 1 | |
| 29 | -27,5 % | 61 | |
| 25 | +31,6 % | 28 | |
| 17 | -10,5 % | - | |
| 14 | +75,0 % | 59 | |
| 13 | +160,0 % | 7 | |
| 7 | +40,0 % | 10 | |
| 7 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 6 | - | 8 | |
| 4 | -60,0 % | 7 | |
| 4 | - | 13 | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | 2 | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | 6 | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | 13 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | - | |
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| - | - | 4 | |
| - | - | 6 |
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.