Municipality · NIS 37017 · closed 24/04/2026
Wielsbeke
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405provisional
+8,9 % in 2025 compared with 2024 (372)
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
39,49 offences per 1,000 inhab. in 2025 (pop. 10 256 on 1/1/2025)
Source: West_Vlaanderen_Wielsbeke_fr.pdf · 111 pages
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Local executive
Mayor: Rik Buyse
List: samen+ · Party / affiliation: not provided
Since 02/12/2024 · In office on 08/10/2026 · source (official source)
Majority (lists on the executive): samen+
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
- 10 282
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Foreign nationals (non-Belgian nationality)
- 6,5 %669 out of 10 282
2010 : 1,7 % · 2026 : 6,5 % Annual series
1 January Foreign nationals Share 2010 153 1,7 % 2011 172 1,9 % 2012 173 1,9 % 2013 172 1,9 % 2014 180 1,9 % 2015 222 2,4 % 2016 258 2,7 % 2017 321 3,4 % 2018 353 3,7 % 2019 394 4,1 % 2020 481 4,9 % 2021 516 5,2 % 2022 560 5,6 % 2023 614 6,1 % 2024 652 6,4 % 2025 663 6,5 % 2026 669 6,5 % Statbel, 1/1/2026, series 2010-2026
- Non-Belgians by group of nationality of origin
- Neighbouring countries*0,7 %(67)
- EU27 excluding neighbouring countries3,6 %(368)
- Non-EU272,3 %(234)
* Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (Statbel grouping).
Statbel, 1/1/2026, share of the population
- Origin (indicator separate from nationality)
- Belgians of Belgian origin84,4 %(8 675)
- Belgians of foreign origin9,1 %(938)
- Non-Belgians6,5 %(669)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Age
- 0-17 years20,9 %(2 144)
- 18-64 years60,8 %(6 248)
- 65 and over18,4 %(1 890)
Statbel, 1/1/2026
- Area and density
21,9 km² · 468 inhab./km²
Statbel, 1/1/2025
- Median income per tax return
32 380 €total net taxable income, 5 798 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: 5,047
- Registered: 7,588 · turnout 67.9 %
- Blank and void: 104 (2.0 % of ballots)
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| samen+ | 2,171 | 43.0 % | 11 |
| LIJST BURGEMEESTER | 1,405 | 27.8 % | 6 |
| TEAM8710 | 797 | 15.8 % | 3 |
| VLAAMS BELANG | 490 | 9.7 % | 1 |
| VVV Wielsbeke | 184 | 3.6 % | 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, 2015-2025; 2025 provisional).
| Category | 2025prov. | Change 2025/2024 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 405 | +8,9 % | 294 | |
| 72 | -13,3 % | 90 | |
| 58 | +114,8 % | - | |
| 52 | -3,7 % | 14 | |
| 33 | +50,0 % | 21 | |
| 32 | -8,6 % | 47 | |
| 29 | 0,0 % | 19 | |
| 23 | +43,8 % | - | |
| 18 | +38,5 % | 11 | |
| 17 | +325,0 % | 7 | |
| 13 | -7,1 % | 5 | |
| 12 | -45,5 % | - | |
| 11 | -21,4 % | 7 | |
| 8 | -27,3 % | 6 | |
| 7 | -12,5 % | 4 | |
| 6 | +50,0 % | - | |
| 5 | -54,5 % | 29 | |
| 4 | 0,0 % | 1 | |
| 4 | +100,0 % | - | |
| 3 | -62,5 % | 13 | |
| 3 | -25,0 % | 3 | |
| 3 | -50,0 % | 2 | |
| 2 | - | 1 | |
| 1 | - | 3 | |
| 1 | -50,0 % | 1 | |
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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.