Municipality · NIS 23047 · closed 31/10/2025
Machelen
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1 316in 2024
+6,7 % in 2024 compared with 2023 (1 233)
79,39 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2024 (pop. 16 576 on 1/1/2024)
Source: Vlaams_Brabant_Machelen_fr.pdf · 124 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: Jean-Pierre De Groef
List: Samen Vooruit · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): Samen Vooruit / N-VA
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
- 17 115
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 15,6 %2 673 out of 17 115
2010 : 10,6 % · 2026 : 15,6 %The vertical axis does not start at 0. Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 1 414 10,6 % 2011 1 536 11,3 % 2012 1 672 12,2 % 2013 1 726 12,3 % 2014 1 798 12,6 % 2015 1 906 13,2 % 2016 1 984 13,4 % 2017 2 044 13,5 % 2018 2 122 13,8 % 2019 2 149 13,9 % 2020 2 181 14,0 % 2021 2 257 14,2 % 2022 2 330 14,5 % 2023 2 469 15,0 % 2024 2 478 14,9 % 2025 2 604 15,5 % 2026 2 673 15,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*1,6 %(268)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries6,3 %(1 081)
- Non-EU277,7 %(1 324)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin30,7 %(5 251)
- Belgians of foreign origin53,7 %(9 191)
- Non-Belgians15,6 %(2 673)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years24,3 %(4 154)
- 18-64 years61,6 %(10 535)
- 65 and over14,2 %(2 426)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
11,5 km² · 1 459 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
30 392 €total net taxable income, 8 997 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: 5,975
- Registered: 10,702 · turnout 57.8 %
- Blank and void: 207 (3.3 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samen Vooruit | 2,046 | 34.2 % | 9 |
| N-VA | 1,582 | 26.5 % | 7 |
| cd&v-OpenVLD | 1,405 | 23.5 % | 6 |
| 1830-31 | 942 | 15.8 % | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | +100,0 % | 12 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 3 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| 9 | +125,0 % | - | |
| - | - | 4 | |
| 10 | +66,7 % | - | |
| 94 | +95,8 % | - | |
| 81 | -5,8 % | 113 | |
| 88 | +114,6 % | 55 | |
| 17 | -54,1 % | 17 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 172 | +63,8 % | 93 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 39 | -20,4 % | 7 | |
| 5 | -58,3 % | 6 | |
| 113 | -17,5 % | 55 | |
| 4 | -69,2 % | 20 | |
| 41 | +32,3 % | 27 | |
| 1 | -83,3 % | 1 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 52 | -13,3 % | 34 | |
| 20 | +42,9 % | 4 | |
| 2 | - | - | |
| 18 | -14,3 % | 4 | |
| 1 | -75,0 % | - | |
| 110 | +29,4 % | 10 | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| 63 | -17,1 % | 2 | |
| 4 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 13 | -31,6 % | 24 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| - | - | 2 | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | 3 | |
| 341 | -3,9 % | 738 | |
| 1 316 | +6,7 % | 1 236 |
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.