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Living in Herselt

In Herselt, the median rent tenants pay is €868 a month (2025).

Herselt is a city in Belgium, with a population of 14,777 at the start of 2026. Foreign-born residents accounted for 4.82% of the population at the start of 2021. The city covered 52.4 km² in 2025. Population density was 282.2 people per km² in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2434 sources

Population14,777people1 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 rent867.5EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50
Unemployment rate4.99%country median 5.3% — 7% belowIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011
Recorded crime4,629offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 10% belowIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025
PM2.5, annual mean8.27µg/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

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

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 Herselt.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Herselt 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 Go13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Mobile Maxi14Official · national market
Monthly transport pass62 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn11Official
Dwellings6,227 dwellings1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units19Official
Main residence dwellings6,220 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)17Official
Median monthly rent867.5 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official

Is Herselt 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%
Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%
Student39%strong on cost, weak on education · range 29–49%
Family49%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–58%
Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–64%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 4.99% at the start of 2011.

What is the unemployment rate in Herselt?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (January 2011).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.99 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201126
Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Herselt is 5.0%. 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 2000-202215Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability95.24 %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 2000-202216Official · regional context
Unemployment rate4.99 %country median 5.3%1 Jan 2011Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201126Independent

What does a salary buy in Herselt?

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€1,448of €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− €868
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€1,448
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Herselt Salary needed to live in Herselt

Public employment service

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

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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 Herselt. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Herselt?

Police recorded about 4,629 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: 4,629 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202524
Recorded crime across major citiesHerselt highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Herselt 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
Herselt4,629
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,629 offences per 100,000country median 5,16731 Dec 2025Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202524Independent

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportOBL3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official
Distance to nearest airport26 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 8.27 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Herselt?

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: 8.27 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3110
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 Herselt 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 mean9.13 µg/m³country median 9.0 — about the same31 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-318Official
PM10 — annual mean14.4 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..2024-12-319Official
PM2.5 — annual mean8.27 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..2024-12-3110Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.13 · Feb 18.19 · Mar 21.41 · Apr 26.66 · May 29.55 · Jun 32.57 · Jul 39.34 · Aug 35.71 · Sep 33.7 · Oct 25.47 · Nov 19.78 · Dec 14.98 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -12.94 · Feb -15.11 · Mar -7.76 · Apr -4.56 · May 0.42 · Jun 4.05 · Jul 7.33 · Aug 6.46 · Sep 3.34 · Oct -4.47 · Nov -4.68 · Dec -12.13 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Average temperature by monthJan 2.27 · Feb 2.91 · Mar 5.81 · Apr 9.78 · May 13.55 · Jun 16.86 · Jul 18.73 · Aug 18.24 · Sep 14.97 · Oct 10.99 · Nov 6.52 · Dec 3.11 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Annual PM2.5 over time10 published observations, 2015–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 36.4% between 2015 and 2024, from 13.0 to 8.3.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Herselt?

The published population was 14,777 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 area52.37 km²1 Jan 2025Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.5Official
Foreign-resident share3.65 %31 Dec 2025Statbel (Statistics Belgium)18Official
Foreign residents544 people1 Jan 2026Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.6Official
Population density282.2 people/km²1 Jan 2026Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.7Official
Population14,777 people1 Jan 2026Belgium official denominator source2Official

International community in Herselt

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 population14,649100.0%
Born in Belgium13,94395.2%
Born in another EU member state3672.5%
Born in a non-EU country3392.3%

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

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 population14,649100.0%
Belgian nationality14,19996.9%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state3152.2%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country1320.9%
Not indicated30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total Belgian with foreign origin7054.8%
Total population14,649100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium13,94395.2%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total13,49492.1%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium13,43291.7%
Total population — born outside Belgium7064.8%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium4623.2%
Non-Belgian — total4503.1%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium4012.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total3252.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total3172.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium3022.1%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium2431.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium2241.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium1010.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total630.4%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium620.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium590.4%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium490.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium150.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium40.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad4.82 %1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace20Official
Median age48 years31 Dec 2026Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 202618Official

Alternatives for people set on Herselt

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.

Aarschot as a Herselt alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Foreign residents: 6.3% Aarschot vs 3.7% Herselt+73%
  • Residents: 31,948 Aarschot vs 14,777 Herselt+116%
  • Unemployment: 4.1% Aarschot vs 5.0% Herselt−18%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,866 (2024) Aarschot vs 4,629 (2025) Herseltno percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.4 µg/m³ Aarschot vs 8.3 µg/m³ Herseltsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Aarschot vs €3,711 Herseltsame level
  • Nearest airport: 26.0 km Aarschot vs 26.0 km Herseltsame level
Full comparisonMore about Aarschot

Cities near Herselt

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

Westerlo 4.6 km away
Rent
830 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Hulshout 7.0 km away
Rent
877.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Begijnendijk 7.9 km away
Rent
950 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Aarschot 8.5 km away
Rent
895 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Laakdal 10.0 km away
Rent
820 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Olen 10.2 km away
Rent
830 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

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

All Belgium cities
Marchienne-au-Pont14,868 residentsIchtegem14,681 residentsThuin14,916 residentsAssenede14,626 residentsWezembeek-Oppem14,930 residentsHamont-Achel14,572 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Herselt 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.

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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; Herselt's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Herselt?

The published population was 14,777 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Herselt?

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 Herselt?

Police recorded about 4,629 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 Herselt?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Herselt?

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 Herselt?

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

Is Herselt a good place to live?

Herselt 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 Herselt?

Westerlo, Hulshout, Begijnendijk, Aarschot, Vorst are near Herselt. 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 Herselt?

The official country of birth distribution records 13,943 people (95.2%) 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). Herselt, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version dbdc6cedf58a1afd199a6faf96c36388]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herselt/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Herselt, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {dbdc6cedf58a1afd199a6faf96c36388},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/herselt/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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