Municipality · NIS 23060 · closed 31/10/2025
Opwijk
605in 2024
-13,6 % in 2024 compared with 2023 (700)
40,7 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2024 (pop. 14 866 on 1/1/2024)
Source: Vlaams_Brabant_Opwijk_fr.pdf · 113 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: Johan Deleu
List: N-VA · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 05/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): N-VA / VIVO
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
- 15 143
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 7,0 %1 063 out of 15 143
2010 : 2,1 % · 2026 : 7,0 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 277 2,1 % 2011 319 2,4 % 2012 360 2,6 % 2013 466 3,3 % 2014 492 3,5 % 2015 507 3,6 % 2016 580 4,1 % 2017 643 4,5 % 2018 685 4,8 % 2019 764 5,3 % 2020 845 5,7 % 2021 885 6,0 % 2022 917 6,2 % 2023 993 6,7 % 2024 957 6,4 % 2025 1 014 6,8 % 2026 1 063 7,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,7 %(104)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,4 %(511)
- Non-EU273,0 %(448)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin79,2 %(11 988)
- Belgians of foreign origin13,8 %(2 092)
- Non-Belgians7,0 %(1 063)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,9 %(3 163)
- 18-64 years58,4 %(8 842)
- 65 and over20,7 %(3 138)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
19,9 km² · 753 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
35 804 €total net taxable income, 8 469 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: 7,359
- Registered: 11,090 · turnout 67.0 %
- Blank and void: 74 (1.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | 2,719 | 36.9 % | 10 |
| samen1745 | 2,350 | 31.9 % | 8 |
| VIVO | 1,332 | 18.1 % | 4 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 611 | 8.3 % | 1 |
| GROEN | 347 | 4.7 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 10 | -9,1 % | 7 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | - | |
| - | - | 7 | |
| 22 | -12,0 % | 1 | |
| 65 | +6,6 % | - | |
| 37 | -24,5 % | 109 | |
| 17 | +13,3 % | 11 | |
| 17 | +54,5 % | 6 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 45 | -37,5 % | 30 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 29 | -12,1 % | 12 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | 3 | |
| 52 | -18,8 % | 34 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | 26 | |
| 15 | 0,0 % | 8 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 35 | -2,8 % | 35 | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | 7 | |
| - | - | - | |
| 8 | -33,3 % | 6 | |
| 27 | -34,1 % | 5 | |
| - | - | 1 | |
| 45 | +2,3 % | 4 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| 29 | -19,4 % | 3 | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | |
| - | - | 5 | |
| 146 | -15,6 % | 254 | |
| 605 | -13,6 % | 574 |
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.