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Living in Berlare

In Berlare, the median rent tenants pay is €850 a month (2025).

Berlare is a city in Belgium, with a population of 15,480 at the start of 2026. Population density was 405 people per km² in 2026. The unemployment rate was 3.69% at the start of 2011. The foreign population count was 485 at the start of 2026. Foreign-born residents accounted for 4.65% of the population at the start of 2021. The city covered 38.2 km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2435 sources

Population15,480people1 Jan 2026Official source · Belgium official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)3,711EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022
Median rent850EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50
Unemployment rate3.69%country median 5.3% — 31% belowIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011
Recorded crime6,008offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 16% aboveIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025
PM2.5, annual mean8.28µg/m³country median 7.4 — 12% aboveOfficial source · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31

Lower unemployment than 74% of Belgian cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 63% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 71% of Belgian cities that publish it.

Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Berlare?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Berlare recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€62
Internet, 60 Mbps€60
Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited59.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Internet Go14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Mobile Maxi15Official · national market
Monthly transport pass62 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn12Official
Dwellings6,597 dwellings1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units20Official
Main residence dwellings6,593 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)18Official
Median monthly rent850 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official

Is Berlare a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–68%
Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%
Student39%strong on cost, weak on education · range 29–49%
Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–59%
Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 43–63%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Berlare?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (January 2011).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.69 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201128
Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Berlare is 3.7%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings4,028 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202216Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability96.91 %Jun 2025BIPT/IBPT fixed broadband Atlas municipality row: H_rate_1000 is the share of households with access to fixed broadband at a maximum attainable speed of at least 1,000 Mbps; availability, not subscribed plan or measured speed. H_1000 is the covered-household count and total_households is the denominator.3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,711 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202217Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.69 %country median 5.3%1 Jan 2011Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201128Independent

What does a salary buy in Berlare?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,711 (Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,465of €2,487 take-home
  • Rent
  • Transport
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.€2,487
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50 · 2025-12-31− €850
Public transport pass€62 · official · Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn · 2026-09-30− €62
Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city—
Internet€60 · official · Proximus Internet Go · 2026-09-30− €60
Mobile plan€50 · official · Proximus Mobile Maxi · 2026-09-30− €50
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish€1,465
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Berlare Salary needed to live in Berlare

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Berlare. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Actiris — Public employment service

Actiris Brussels public employment service

Job Search

Le Forem — Public employment service

Le Forem Walloon public employment and training service

Job SearchRegistration

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Berlare. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Berlare?

Police recorded about 6,008 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 6,008 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202525
Recorded crime across major citiesBerlare highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Berlare highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Brussels24,104
Liège17,918
Charleroi14,026
Leuven12,730
Ghent12,110
Anderlecht11,116
Schaerbeek10,141
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean10,075
Hasselt9,031
Namur8,912
Brugge8,780
Berlare6,008
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,008 offences per 100,000country median 5,16731 Dec 2025Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202525Independent

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportGNE3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official
Distance to nearest airport19 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 8.28 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 10.5 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Berlare?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.28 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3111
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in BelgiumAnnual PM2.5 in Berlare is 8.3 µg/m³. Of 442 cities with data, 142 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean10.53 µg/m³country median 9.031 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-319Official
PM10 — annual mean15.22 µg/m³country median 13.131 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 13019; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3110Official
PM2.5 — annual mean8.28 µg/m³country median 7.431 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3111Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.65 · Feb 17.38 · Mar 20.89 · Apr 26.05 · May 28.53 · Jun 31.21 · Jul 36.43 · Aug 33.35 · Sep 31.18 · Oct 24.82 · Nov 19.2 · Dec 14.76 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -10.83 · Feb -12.18 · Mar -7.1 · Apr -4.17 · May 0.6 · Jun 4.7 · Jul 8.03 · Aug 7.22 · Sep 3.77 · Oct -2.95 · Nov -4.32 · Dec -10.11 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Average temperature by monthJan 2.91 · Feb 3.41 · Mar 5.99 · Apr 9.57 · May 13.14 · Jun 16.32 · Jul 18.17 · Aug 17.82 · Sep 14.93 · Oct 11.22 · Nov 6.97 · Dec 3.69 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 67.8 · Feb 55.5 · Mar 53.1 · Apr 43.5 · May 55.3 · Jun 69.9 · Jul 72.4 · Aug 79.8 · Sep 67 · Oct 67.7 · Nov 78.6 · Dec 83.9 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO5Official · nearest-station reading
Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2014–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 44.8% between 2014 and 2024, from 15.0 to 8.3.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Berlare?

The published population was 15,480 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source2

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area38.23 km²1 Jan 2025Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.6Official
Foreign-resident share3.32 %31 Dec 2025Statbel (Statistics Belgium)19Official
Foreign residents485 people1 Jan 2026Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.7Official
Population density405 people/km²1 Jan 2026Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.8Official
Population15,480 people1 Jan 2026Belgium official denominator source2Official

International community in Berlare

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Total population15,222100.0%
Born in Belgium14,50695.3%
Born in a non-EU country4052.7%
Born in another EU member state3032.0%
Not indicated80.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source24

Citizenship

All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex · 2021-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Total population15,222100.0%
Belgian nationality14,79397.2%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state2461.6%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country1831.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source22

Ancestry or ethnicity

All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication · 2021-01-01

Published groupPeopleShare
Total Belgian with foreign origin7945.2%
Total population15,222100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium14,50695.3%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total13,99992.0%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium13,91291.4%
Total population — born outside Belgium7164.7%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium5473.6%
Non-Belgian — total4292.8%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium3822.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total3642.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium3412.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total3342.2%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium2471.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium2191.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium1150.8%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total960.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium910.6%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium870.6%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium470.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium230.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium50.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source23

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad4.65 %1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace21Official
Median age46 years31 Dec 2026Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 202619Official

Alternatives for people set on Berlare

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Lebbeke as a Berlare alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Foreign residents: 5.9% Lebbeke vs 3.3% Berlare+77%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,181 Lebbeke vs 6,008 Berlare−30%
  • Nearest airport: 27.0 km Lebbeke vs 19.0 km Berlare+42%
  • Residents: 20,380 Lebbeke vs 15,480 Berlare+32%
  • Unemployment: 3.5% Lebbeke vs 3.7% Berlare−6%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Lebbeke vs 8.3 µg/m³ Berlare−4%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Lebbeke vs €3,711 Berlaresame level

Cities near Berlare

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Wichelen 3.1 km away
Rent
850 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Zele 5.1 km away
Rent
847.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Dendermonde 5.7 km away
Rent
795 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Lede 6.8 km away
Rent
825 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Lokeren 8.4 km away
Rent
800 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Lebbeke 8.5 km away
Rent
845 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Wetteren 8.8 km away
Rent
850 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Berlare when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

Open the official coverage guide
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 18. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: OKAN/OKATN (onthaalonderwijs, reception education for foreign-mother-tongue newcomers). How to enrol a child (belgium.be).

A country-wide rule for Belgium; Berlare's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Berlare?

The published population was 15,480 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Berlare?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.3 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31.

How safe is Berlare?

Police recorded about 6,008 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Berlare?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Berlare?

The median gross salary is 3,711 EUR/month. Source: Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022.

How many foreign residents live in Berlare?

485 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

Is Berlare a good place to live?

Berlare may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Berlare?

Wichelen, Zele, Dendermonde, Lede, Lokeren are near Berlare. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in Belgium live in Berlare?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,506 people (95.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Berlare, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 926e0f57308953fdf488ebd23833ab68]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/berlare/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  title = {Berlare, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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