Living in Hoeselt

At the end of 2024, Hoeselt had a population of 10,080. Annual PM2.5 was 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0727 sources

Population10,080people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statbel (Belgian statistical office)

Median gross salary (region)3,711EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022

Median rent815EUR/month31 Dec 2025Municipality figureOfficial source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate4.62%country median 5.3% — 13% belowOfficial source · bestat.statbel.fgov.be

Recorded crime4,720incidents per 100,000country median 5,167 — 9% belowOfficial source · Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Hoeselt.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The count of main residential dwellings reached 4,106 at the end of 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

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 Go⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Mobile Maxi⁹Official · national market
Main residence dwellings	4,106 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹³Official
Median monthly rent	815 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official · parent municipality

Is Hoeselt a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–64%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–69%

Student36%strong on cost, weak on education · range 25–47%

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–62%

Retirement52%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hoeselt?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (2011).

Unemployment rate: 4.62 % · bestat.statbel.fgov.be²

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Hoeselt is 4.6%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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

Hoeselt 4.6%

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 2000-2022¹⁰Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,711 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.62 %country median 5.3%	31 Dec 2011	bestat.statbel.fgov.be²Official

What does a salary buy in Hoeselt?

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

Left over each month€1,562of €2,487 take-home

Rent
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	− €815
Internet€60 · official · Proximus Internet Go · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€50 · official · Proximus Mobile Maxi · 2026-09-30	− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,562

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Public employment service

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

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Safety

How safe is Hoeselt?

Police recorded about 4,720 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025¹⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesHoeselt highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Brussels24,104

Liège17,918

Ixelles14,236

Charleroi14,026

Leuven12,730

Ghent12,110

Anderlecht11,116

Schaerbeek10,141

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean10,075

Hasselt9,031

Namur8,912

Brugge8,780

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,720 incidents per 100,000country median 5,167	31 Dec 2025	Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Hoeselt's nearest airport was LGG, 23 km away and offered 7 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	7 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	23 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LGG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.1°C in January to 19.1°C in July. Hoeselt's monthly precipitation totalled 64.9 mm in January and 79.4 mm in July. Hoeselt's average monthly sunshine was 66.9 hours in January and 209 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Hoeselt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

139

181

209

206

209

198

157

118

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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

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Hoeselt is 7.0 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

Hoeselt 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency³Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.98 · Feb 18.98 · Mar 21.62 · Apr 26.9 · May 29.82 · Jun 34.14 · Jul 40.34 · Aug 36.3 · Sep 34.31 · Oct 26.67 · Nov 19.77 · Dec 15.16 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -13.22 · Feb -16.51 · Mar -7.6 · Apr -4.73 · May 0.46 · Jun 4.58 · Jul 6.86 · Aug 6.94 · Sep 3.2 · Oct -4.46 · Nov -4.6 · Dec -12.62 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.09 · Feb 2.77 · Mar 5.76 · Apr 9.85 · May 13.7 · Jun 17.13 · Jul 19.07 · Aug 18.57 · Sep 15.13 · Oct 10.99 · Nov 6.43 · Dec 2.98 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 64.9 · Feb 59.5 · Mar 54.5 · Apr 47.5 · May 62.6 · Jun 73.9 · Jul 79.4 · Aug 86.9 · Sep 60.8 · Oct 64.6 · Nov 62.9 · Dec 79.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 66.9 · Feb 86 · Mar 138.5 · Apr 180.8 · May 208.7 · Jun 205.5 · Jul 209 · Aug 197.5 · Sep 157 · Oct 118.2 · Nov 74.1 · Dec 53.5 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Hoeselt?

The published population was 10,080 people in January 2024. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,080 people	31 Dec 2024	Statbel (Belgian statistical office)¹²Official

International community in Hoeselt

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	9,740	100.0%
Born in Belgium	9,102	93.4%
Born in a non-EU country	318	3.3%
Born in another EU member state	317	3.3%
Not indicated	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

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	9,740	100.0%
Belgian nationality	9,343	95.9%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	267	2.7%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	120	1.2%
Not indicated	8	0.1%
Stateless	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

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	889	9.1%
Total population	9,740	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	9,102	93.4%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	8,454	86.8%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	8,399	86.2%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	656	6.7%
Total population — born outside Belgium	638	6.6%
Non-Belgian — total	397	4.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	387	4.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	384	3.9%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	377	3.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	350	3.6%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	233	2.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	222	2.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	162	1.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	118	1.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	117	1.2%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	55	0.6%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	47	0.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	10	0.1%
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 source¹⁵

Alternatives for people set on Hoeselt

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.

Leuven as a Hoeselt alternative in the same region

55 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 12,730 Leuven vs 4,720 Hoeseltno percentage
Unemployment: 4.3% Leuven vs 4.6% Hoeselt−8%
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Leuven vs €3,711 Hoeseltsame level

Full comparison More about Leuven

Roeselare as a Hoeselt alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 165 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,852 Roeselare vs 4,720 Hoeseltno percentage
Unemployment: 4.0% Roeselare vs 4.6% Hoeselt−15%
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Roeselare vs €3,711 Hoeseltsame level

Full comparison More about Roeselare

Cities near Hoeselt

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

Diepenbeek 8.0 km away

Rent: 466 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Riemst 9.3 km away

Rent: 850 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Wellen 10.5 km away

Rent: 844.8 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Zutendaal 10.8 km away

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

Lanaken 12.3 km away

Rent: 850 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alken 12.9 km away

Rent: 850 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Genk 12.9 km away

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

Bassenge 13.3 km away

Rent: 770 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

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

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Monceau-sur-Sambre10,053 residents Houdeng-Goegnies10,051 residents Montigny-le-Tilleul10,110 residents Huldenberg10,132 residents Dessel10,191 residents Saint-Vith10,191 residents

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

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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 Hoeselt?

The published population was 10,080 people in January 2024. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office).

Is the air quality good in Hoeselt?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Hoeselt?

What is the unemployment rate in Hoeselt?

The unemployment rate is about 4.6 % (2011). Source: bestat.statbel.fgov.be.

What is the typical salary around Hoeselt?

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

Is Hoeselt a good place to live?

Hoeselt 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 Hoeselt?

Diepenbeek, Riemst, Wellen, Zutendaal, Lanaken are near Hoeselt. 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 Hoeselt?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,102 people (93.4%) 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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  title = {Hoeselt, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Proximus Internet Go proximus.be · checked 2026-09-15
Proximus Mobile Maxi proximus.be · checked 2026-09-15
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