Municipality · NIS 24020 · closed 31/10/2025
Diest
1 505in 2024
-2,7 % in 2024 compared with 2023 (1 546)
60,27 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2024 (pop. 24 971 on 1/1/2024)
Source: Vlaams_Brabant_Diest_fr.pdf · 126 pages · bulletin Q2 2025
Archived bulletin
The site's reference BIPOL bulletin (Q4 2025) contains no PDF for this municipality. The figures come from the bulletin of Q2 2025 (closed 31/10/2025), preserved by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Only complete years are included (2000, 2015-2024) : the last column of this bulletin covers only part of the year. Older closing date, so figures are not revised and may be slightly lower than in a recent bulletin. Archived PDF.
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Local executive
Mayor: Geert Cluckers
List: DDS · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 04/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): DDS / N-VA / 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
- 25 196
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,2 %1 825 out of 25 196
2010 : 3,6 % · 2026 : 7,2 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 839 3,6 % 2011 946 4,1 % 2012 1 046 4,5 % 2013 1 015 4,4 % 2014 1 024 4,4 % 2015 1 102 4,7 % 2016 1 160 4,9 % 2017 1 208 5,1 % 2018 1 303 5,5 % 2019 1 399 5,8 % 2020 1 525 6,3 % 2021 1 603 6,6 % 2022 1 681 6,9 % 2023 1 810 7,3 % 2024 1 837 7,4 % 2025 1 871 7,4 % 2026 1 825 7,2 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,3 %(326)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,1 %(534)
- Non-EU273,8 %(965)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin76,6 %(19 291)
- Belgians of foreign origin16,2 %(4 080)
- Non-Belgians7,2 %(1 825)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years17,0 %(4 290)
- 18-64 years58,0 %(14 607)
- 65 and over25,0 %(6 299)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
58,7 km² · 428 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 059 €total net taxable income, 15 101 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: 11,848
- Registered: 19,337 · turnout 62.2 %
- Blank and void: 173 (1.4 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEDEREEN DIEST | 3,811 | 32.2 % | 10 |
| DDS | 3,335 | 28.1 % | 9 |
| N-VA | 1,660 | 14.0 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 1,082 | 9.1 % | 2 |
| GROEN | 763 | 6.4 % | 1 |
| NU | 735 | 6.2 % | 1 |
| PVDA | 462 | 3.9 % | 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).
| Category | 2024 | Change 2024/2023 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | +36,0 % | 30 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 5 | 0,0 % | 5 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| 15 | +50,0 % | 3 | |
| - | - | 18 | |
| 70 | +112,1 % | - | |
| 113 | +13,0 % | - | |
| 161 | +29,8 % | 215 | |
| 142 | -32,7 % | 294 | |
| 48 | +26,3 % | 65 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 89 | -6,3 % | 92 | |
| 1 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 66 | -7,0 % | 52 | |
| 14 | -30,0 % | 13 | |
| 129 | +15,2 % | 139 | |
| 27 | +125,0 % | 43 | |
| 21 | +16,7 % | 32 | |
| 5 | +150,0 % | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 73 | +32,7 % | 95 | |
| 38 | +26,7 % | 32 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 46 | +9,5 % | 23 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 1 | |
| 61 | -15,3 % | 6 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| 41 | -12,8 % | 3 | |
| 6 | -25,0 % | 8 | |
| 5 | +400,0 % | - | |
| 35 | -7,9 % | 77 | |
| 3 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 3 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 317 | -20,6 % | 982 | |
| 1 505 | -2,7 % | 2 231 |
Change 2024/2023: change in 2024 compared with 2023 (e.g. −10 % = 2024 is 10 % lower than 2023, not the reverse).
Source of figures: police crime statistics bulletin Q2 2025 (closed 31/10/2025), archived by the Wayback Machine; complete years only, no 2025. Click a category to show the full available annual series.