Municipality · NIS 36006 · closed 24/04/2026
Hooglede
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362provisional
-4,7 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (380)
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
35,1 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 10 312 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Hooglede_fr.pdf · 107 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kristof Pillaert
List: GROEP 21 · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): GROEP 21 / LEV
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
- 10 248
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,0 %512 out of 10 248
2010 : 1,3 % · 2026 : 5,0 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 129 1,3 % 2011 154 1,5 % 2012 177 1,8 % 2013 217 2,2 % 2014 208 2,1 % 2015 195 1,9 % 2016 238 2,4 % 2017 258 2,6 % 2018 300 3,0 % 2019 333 3,3 % 2020 353 3,5 % 2021 342 3,4 % 2022 383 3,8 % 2023 480 4,7 % 2024 500 4,9 % 2025 559 5,4 % 2026 512 5,0 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,4 %(41)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,9 %(302)
- Non-EU271,6 %(169)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin90,0 %(9 224)
- Belgians of foreign origin5,0 %(512)
- Non-Belgians5,0 %(512)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,6 %(1 909)
- 18-64 years58,6 %(6 009)
- 65 and over22,7 %(2 330)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
38,1 km² · 271 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
33 452 €total net taxable income, 5 907 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: 5,526
- Registered: 7,902 · turnout 70.8 %
- Blank and void: 67 (1.2 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROEP 21 | 1,931 | 34.9 % | 8 |
| ALLEN 8830 | 1,714 | 31.0 % | 7 |
| Team burgemeester | 1,430 | 25.9 % | 5 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 451 | 8.2 % | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 362 | -4,7 % | 280 | |
| 61 | -35,1 % | 120 | |
| 57 | +32,6 % | - | |
| 56 | -8,2 % | 9 | |
| 31 | -24,4 % | 13 | |
| 31 | +47,6 % | 61 | |
| 26 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 20 | -13,0 % | - | |
| 16 | +33,3 % | 2 | |
| 11 | +57,1 % | 42 | |
| 10 | -16,7 % | 3 | |
| 7 | -46,2 % | 13 | |
| 7 | +250,0 % | 2 | |
| 5 | - | - | |
| 5 | -50,0 % | 1 | |
| 5 | -44,4 % | - | |
| 4 | - | - | |
| 4 | -33,3 % | 5 | |
| 2 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 2 | -66,7 % | - | |
| 2 | -50,0 % | 4 | |
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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.