Municipality · NIS 31033 · closed 24/04/2026
Torhout
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939provisional
-1,2 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (950)
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
44,38 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 21 159 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Torhout_fr.pdf · 122 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Kristof Audenaert
List: cd&v · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): cd&v
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
- 21 154
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 5,6 %1 187 out of 21 154
2010 : 1,7 % · 2026 : 5,6 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 345 1,7 % 2011 341 1,7 % 2012 401 2,0 % 2013 448 2,2 % 2014 431 2,1 % 2015 467 2,3 % 2016 586 2,9 % 2017 636 3,1 % 2018 724 3,5 % 2019 776 3,8 % 2020 820 4,0 % 2021 850 4,1 % 2022 868 4,2 % 2023 1 007 4,8 % 2024 1 107 5,3 % 2025 1 219 5,8 % 2026 1 187 5,6 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,5 %(96)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries2,3 %(482)
- Non-EU272,9 %(609)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin88,4 %(18 699)
- Belgians of foreign origin6,0 %(1 268)
- Non-Belgians5,6 %(1 187)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years18,3 %(3 875)
- 18-64 years57,2 %(12 103)
- 65 and over24,5 %(5 176)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
45,3 km² · 467 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 243 €total net taxable income, 12 451 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: 10,434
- Registered: 16,256 · turnout 65.3 %
- Blank and void: 180 (1.7 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| cd&v | 5,803 | 55.6 % | 18 |
| N-VA | 1,819 | 17.4 % | 4 |
| Vooruit | 1,371 | 13.1 % | 3 |
| GROEN | 748 | 7.2 % | 1 |
| Trots Op Torhout | 693 | 6.6 % | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 939 | -1,2 % | 1 688 | |
| 203 | -6,0 % | 784 | |
| 107 | +105,8 % | - | |
| 100 | +20,5 % | 228 | |
| 97 | +5,4 % | 135 | |
| 76 | -34,5 % | 75 | |
| 75 | +23,0 % | 113 | |
| 47 | +27,0 % | 7 | |
| 42 | +23,5 % | 51 | |
| 37 | +2,8 % | 19 | |
| 30 | +25,0 % | 23 | |
| 21 | -12,5 % | 82 | |
| 17 | -43,3 % | 36 | |
| 17 | +70,0 % | 8 | |
| 15 | +15,4 % | 18 | |
| 13 | -81,7 % | 11 | |
| 13 | +44,4 % | 46 | |
| 12 | 0,0 % | 14 | |
| 6 | -50,0 % | - | |
| 6 | +200,0 % | 1 | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | - | |
| 2 | 0,0 % | 7 | |
| 2 | -33,3 % | 1 | |
| 1 | -94,1 % | 5 | |
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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.