Living in Heusden-Zolder

In Heusden-Zolder, the median rent tenants pay is €875 a month (2025).

The unemployment rate was 6.01% at the start of 2011. Heusden-Zolder had a population of 35,032 at the start of 2026. For Heusden-Zolder, the foreign population count was 3,324 at the start of 2026. The city covered 53.4 km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2433 sources

Population35,032people1 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 rent875EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate6.01%country median 5.3% — 13% aboveIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011

Recorded crime3,988offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 23% belowIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025

PM2.5, annual mean8.3µg/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

Less recorded crime than 79% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 72% of Belgian cities that publish it.

Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Heusden-Zolder?

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 Heusden-Zolder.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 Go¹²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Mobile Maxi¹³Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	62 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn¹⁰Official
Dwellings	13,484 dwellings	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units¹⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	13,470 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹⁶Official
Median monthly rent	875 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official

Is Heusden-Zolder 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 worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student43%strong on cost, weak on education · range 33–53%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–59%

Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Heusden-Zolder?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (January 2011).

Unemployment rate: 6.01 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011²⁹

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Heusden-Zolder is 6.0%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Heusden-Zolder 6.0%

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 2000-2022¹⁴Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	98.39 %	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 2000-2022¹⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	6.01 %country median 5.3%	1 Jan 2011	Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011²⁹Independent

What does a salary buy in Heusden-Zolder?

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

Left over each month€1,440of €2,487 take-home

Rent
Transport
Internet
Mobile
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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	− €875
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	€1,440

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Public employment service

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

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

Safety

How safe is Heusden-Zolder?

Police recorded about 3,988 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: 3,988 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²³

Recorded crime across major citiesHeusden-Zolder 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

Heusden-Zolder3,988

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,988 offences per 100,000country median 5,167	31 Dec 2025	Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²³Independent

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 8.3 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.5 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Heusden-Zolder?

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..2024-12-31⁹

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

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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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

PM2.58.3WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014.7WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂9.5WHO 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 Heusden-Zolder is 8.3 µg/m³. Of 442 cities with data, 142 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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2–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Heusden-Zolder 8.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9.5 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..2024-12-31⁷Official
PM10 — annual mean	14.71 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..2024-12-31⁸Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.3 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..2024-12-31⁹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 6.3 · Feb 7.5 · Mar 11.6 · Apr 16.3 · May 20 · Jun 22.8 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 20.7 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 10.2 · Dec 6.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KLEINEBROGEL_06479.csv²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.3 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 1.7 · Apr 4 · May 8.2 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 12.6 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 6.6 · Nov 3.4 · Dec 1.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KLEINEBROGEL_06479.csv²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.3 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 10.2 · May 14.1 · Jun 17 · Jul 19.1 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 15.1 · Oct 11.1 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 3.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KLEINEBROGEL_06479.csv²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 67.8 · Feb 64.1 · Mar 56 · Apr 45.6 · May 57.7 · Jun 72.7 · Jul 72.7 · Aug 80.5 · Sep 60.3 · Oct 61.5 · Nov 71.1 · Dec 85.3 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KLEINEBROGEL_06479.csv²²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Heusden-Zolder?

The published population was 35,032 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	53.4 km²	1 Jan 2025	Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.⁴Official
Foreign residents	3,324 people	1 Jan 2026	Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.⁵Official
Population density	656 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.⁶Official
Population	35,032 people	1 Jan 2026	Belgium official denominator source²Official

International community in Heusden-Zolder

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	34,207	100.0%
Born in Belgium	28,670	83.8%
Born in a non-EU country	3,639	10.6%
Born in another EU member state	1,894	5.5%
Not indicated	4	0.0%

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

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	34,207	100.0%
Belgian nationality	31,298	91.5%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	1,871	5.5%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	986	2.9%
Not indicated	51	0.1%
Stateless	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published group	People	Share
Total Belgian with foreign origin	10,889	31.8%
Total population	34,207	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	28,670	83.8%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	20,409	59.7%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	20,188	59.0%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	8,004	23.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	5,993	17.5%
Total population — born outside Belgium	5,537	16.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	3,255	9.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	3,226	9.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	3,206	9.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Non-Belgian — total	2,909	8.5%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	2,885	8.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	2,787	8.1%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	2,431	7.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	1,641	4.8%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	1,572	4.6%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	478	1.4%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	221	0.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	69	0.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	29	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	16.18 %	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace¹⁸Official
Median age	43 years	31 Dec 2026	Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 2026¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Heusden-Zolder

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Cities near Heusden-Zolder

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

Beringen 5.0 km away

Rent: 840 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Houthalen-Helchteren 7.2 km away

Rent: 875 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Leopoldsburg 7.8 km away

Rent: 800 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Zonhoven 9.2 km away

Rent: 925 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

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Schoten34,849 residents Geraardsbergen35,236 residents Pelt34,698 residents Lommel35,451 residents Menen34,585 residents Ieper35,587 residents

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#8 of 30 in Safest cities in Belgium by recorded crime

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Heusden-Zolder 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; Heusden-Zolder'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 Heusden-Zolder?

The published population was 35,032 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Heusden-Zolder?

How safe is Heusden-Zolder?

Police recorded about 3,988 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 Heusden-Zolder?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Heusden-Zolder?

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 Heusden-Zolder?

3,324 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

Is Heusden-Zolder a good place to live?

Heusden-Zolder 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 Heusden-Zolder?

Heusden, Beringen, Houthalen, Helchteren, Houthalen-Helchteren are near Heusden-Zolder. 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 Heusden-Zolder?

The official country of birth distribution records 28,670 people (83.8%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Heusden-Zolder, Belgium: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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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. bipt-data.be · checked 2026-07-15
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Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column. statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-01-01
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