Living in Herent

In Herent, the median rent tenants pay is €1,050 a month (2025).

Population density was 711.4 people per km² in 2026. Annual NO₂ was 9.87 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Herent is in Belgium; its population was 23,287 at the start of 2026. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 was 7.9 µg/m³. The city covered 32.7 km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2437 sources

Population23,287people1 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 rent1,050EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate2.66%country median 5.3% — 50% belowIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011

Recorded crime3,894incidents per 100,000country median 5,167 — 25% belowOfficial source · www.police.be

PM2.5, annual mean7.9µg/m³country median 7.4 — 7% 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 95% of Belgian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 81% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 62% of Belgian cities that publish it.

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in BelgiumNational rates and thresholds that apply in Herent.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€62

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	59.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Internet Go¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Mobile Maxi¹⁶Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	62 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn¹²Official
Dwellings	9,037 dwellings	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units²¹Official
Main residence dwellings	9,032 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹⁹Official
Median monthly rent	1,050 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official

Is Herent 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 worker64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–76%

Student42%strong on cost, weak on education · range 32–52%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–71%

Retirement40%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 30–50%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 2.66% at the start of 2011.

What is the unemployment rate in Herent?

The unemployment rate is about 2.7 % (January 2011).

Unemployment rate: 2.66 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011³¹

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Herent is 2.7%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

160

123

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–2020–2222–2424–26

Herent 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	4,028 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹⁷Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	97.68 %	Jun 2025	BIPT/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/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	2.66 %country median 5.3%	1 Jan 2011	Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011³¹Independent

What does a salary buy in Herent?

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

Left over each month€1,265of €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	− €1,050
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	€1,265

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Herent Salary needed to live in Herent

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Actiris — Public employment service

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Le Forem — Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Herent?

Police recorded about 3,894 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: www.police.be²⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesHerent highlighted among comparable cities

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

Herent3,894

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,894 incidents per 100,000country median 5,167	31 Dec 2024	www.police.be²⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	146 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Nearest airport	BRU	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	13 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Herent?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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..2024-12-31¹¹

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

6°1°

7°1°

11°3°

15°5°

19°9°

21°12°

24°14°

24°13°

20°10°

15°7°

10°4°

7°2°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

126

171

198

199

203

192

155

113

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.9WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1013.6WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂9.9WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Herent is 7.9 µg/m³. Of 442 cities with data, 142 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

142

2–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Herent 7.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9.87 µg/m³country median 9.0	31 Dec 2024	Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31⁹Official
PM10 — annual mean	13.65 µg/m³country median 13.1	31 Dec 2024	Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 13019; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31¹⁰Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.9 µg/m³country median 7.4	31 Dec 2024	Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31¹¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 6.4 · Feb 7.2 · Mar 10.9 · Apr 15.1 · May 18.6 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 15.1 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 6.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRUSSELSNATIONALAIRPORT_06451.csv²⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.2 · Feb 1 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 5 · May 8.7 · Jun 11.7 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4.3 · Dec 1.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRUSSELSNATIONALAIRPORT_06451.csv²⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.8 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 10 · May 13.6 · Jun 16.6 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 4.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRUSSELSNATIONALAIRPORT_06451.csv²⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 66.6 · Feb 57.3 · Mar 52.2 · Apr 42.5 · May 56.2 · Jun 66.6 · Jul 71.3 · Aug 78 · Sep 59.1 · Oct 62.1 · Nov 69.6 · Dec 81.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station BRUSSELSNATIONALAIRPORT_06451.csv²⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 59.1 · Feb 72.9 · Mar 125.8 · Apr 171.3 · May 198.3 · Jun 199.3 · Jul 203.2 · Aug 192.4 · Sep 154.5 · Oct 112.6 · Nov 65.8 · Dec 48.6 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2014–2024

7.2

10.7

14.2

17.7

7.9201420162018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 50.6% between 2014 and 2024, from 16.0 to 7.9.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Herent?

The published population was 23,287 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	32.74 km²	1 Jan 2025	Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	7.88 %	31 Dec 2025	Statbel (Statistics Belgium)²⁰Official
Foreign residents	1,823 people	1 Jan 2026	Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.⁷Official
Population density	711.4 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.⁸Official
Population	23,287 people	1 Jan 2026	Belgium official denominator source²Official

International community in Herent

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 group	People	Share
Total population	22,046	100.0%
Born in Belgium	19,845	90.0%
Born in a non-EU country	1,400	6.4%
Born in another EU member state	793	3.6%
Not indicated	8	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁵

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 group	People	Share
Total population	22,046	100.0%
Belgian nationality	20,732	94.0%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	738	3.3%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	569	2.6%
Not indicated	6	0.0%
Stateless	1	0.0%

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

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published group	People	Share
Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	18,111	82.2%
Total — Total population	22,046	100.0%
Total — Total population — born in Belgium	19,845	90.0%
Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — total	18,391	83.4%
Belgique — Total population	18,391	83.4%
Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — total	18,391	83.4%
Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	18,111	82.2%
Belgique — Total population — born in Belgium	18,111	82.2%
Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin	2,341	10.6%
Total — Total population — born outside Belgium	2,201	10.0%
Hors UE27 — Total population	2,000	9.1%

Show 69 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	1,569	7.1%
Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin	1,433	6.5%
Total — Non-Belgian — total	1,314	6.0%
Total — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	1,149	5.2%
Hors UE27 — Total population — born outside Belgium	1,126	5.1%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	1,035	4.7%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	1,017	4.6%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	962	4.4%
*Pays voisin — Total population**	916	4.2%
Hors UE27 — Total population — born in Belgium	874	4.0%
Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	822	3.7%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	774	3.5%
Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	772	3.5%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population	739	3.4%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	715	3.2%
Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	611	2.8%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	581	2.6%
Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — total	567	2.6%
*Pays voisin — Total Belgian with foreign origin**	552	2.5%
*Pays voisin — Total population — born in Belgium**	542	2.5%
Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	515	2.3%
*Pays voisin — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium**	483	2.2%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born outside Belgium	421	1.9%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total**	411	1.9%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	408	1.9%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium**	392	1.8%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — total	383	1.7%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	379	1.7%
*Pays voisin — Total population — born outside Belgium**	374	1.7%
*Pays voisin — Non-Belgian — total**	364	1.7%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin	356	1.6%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	329	1.5%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	320	1.5%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born in Belgium	318	1.4%
*Pays voisin — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium**	305	1.4%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	289	1.3%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	287	1.3%
Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	280	1.3%
Belgique — Total population — born outside Belgium	280	1.3%
Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	280	1.3%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	264	1.2%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	251	1.1%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	250	1.1%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	198	0.9%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	193	0.9%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	191	0.9%
Total — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	165	0.7%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	141	0.6%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total**	120	0.5%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	92	0.4%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	84	0.4%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium**	70	0.3%
*Pays voisin — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium**	69	0.3%
*Pays voisin — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium**	59	0.3%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	57	0.3%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	55	0.2%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	54	0.2%
Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	52	0.2%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium**	50	0.2%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	29	0.1%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium**	21	0.1%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total**	21	0.1%
*Pays voisin — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium**	19	0.1%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	17	0.1%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	16	0.1%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	7	0.0%
Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	2	0.0%
Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	1	0.0%
UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	9.95 %	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace²²Official
Median age	42 years	31 Dec 2026	Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 2026²⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Herent

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.

Oud-Heverlee as a Herent alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 11,414 Oud-Heverlee vs 23,287 Herent−51%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,303 Oud-Heverlee vs 3,894 Herent−15%
Annual PM2.5: 7.0 µg/m³ Oud-Heverlee vs 7.9 µg/m³ Herent−11%
Nearest airport: 15.0 km Oud-Heverlee vs 13.0 km Herent+15%
Foreign residents: 7.7% Oud-Heverlee vs 7.9% Herentsame level
Unemployment: 2.7% Oud-Heverlee vs 2.7% Herentsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Oud-Heverlee vs €3,711 Herentsame level

Full comparison More about Oud-Heverlee

Roeselare as a Herent alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 108 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 13.5% Roeselare vs 7.9% Herent+71%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,852 (2025) Roeselare vs 3,894 (2024) Herentno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Roeselare vs €3,711 Herentsame level

Full comparison More about Roeselare

Cities near Herent

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

Leuven Commuting Zone · 3.9 km away

Rent: 625 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Mechelen Commuting Zone · 18.8 km away

Rent: 900 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Rotselaar 5.5 km away

Rent: 1,025 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Holsbeek 6.8 km away

Rent: 1,045 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Bertem 7.5 km away

Rent: 1,170 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Haacht 8.0 km away

Rent: 1,050 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Oud-Heverlee 8.3 km away

Rent: 1,150 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

Other cities in Belgium to compare with Herent, nearest in population first.

All Belgium cities

Zoersel23,223 residents Grâce-Hollogne23,353 residents Zemst23,367 residents Tervuren23,179 residents Fleurus23,037 residents Rixensart22,973 residents

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Herent in rankings

#3 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Belgium

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Herent 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; Herent's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Herent part of Mechelen?

Herent is in the published commuting zone of Mechelen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Mechelen city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Herent?

The published population was 23,287 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Herent?

How safe is Herent?

Police recorded about 3,894 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: www.police.be.

What is the unemployment rate in Herent?

The unemployment rate is about 2.7 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Herent?

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 Herent?

1,823 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

Is Herent a good place to live?

Herent 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.

Is Herent part of Mechelen?

Herent is in the published commuting zone of Mechelen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Herent?

Leuven, Mechelen, Rotselaar, Holsbeek, Bertem are near Herent. 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 Herent?

The official country of birth distribution records 19,845 people (90.0%) 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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[Herent, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herent/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 61578c530e981671a63a58f42a845a29; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
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