Living in Hulshout

In Hulshout, the median rent tenants pay is €878 a month (2025).

The city covered 17.4 km² in 2025. Population density was 612.9 people per km² in 2026. Foreign-born residents accounted for 4.43% of the population at the start of 2021. At the start of 2026, Hulshout had a population of 10,652.

Last checked 2026-09-2432 sources

Population10,652people1 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 rent877.5EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate5.55%country median 5.3% — 4% aboveIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011

Recorded crime4,046offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 22% belowIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025

PM2.5, annual mean8.57µg/m³country median 7.4 — 16% 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 78% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 84% of Belgian cities that publish it.

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

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 Hulshout.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	4,599 dwellings	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units¹⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	4,592 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹⁶Official
Median monthly rent	877.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official

Is Hulshout a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student41%strong on cost, weak on education · range 31–51%

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

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–65%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 5.55% at the start of 2011.

What is the unemployment rate in Hulshout?

The unemployment rate is about 5.6 % (January 2011).

Unemployment rate: 5.55 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011²⁵

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Hulshout is 5.6%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

160

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

Hulshout 5.6%

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 2000-2022¹⁴Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	96.66 %	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	5.55 %country median 5.3%	1 Jan 2011	Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011²⁵Independent

What does a salary buy in Hulshout?

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

Left over each month€1,438of €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	− €878
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	€1,438

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hulshout. 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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Safety

How safe is Hulshout?

Police recorded about 4,046 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: 4,046 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²²

Recorded crime across major citiesHulshout 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

Hulshout4,046

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,046 offences per 100,000country median 5,167	31 Dec 2025	Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²²Independent

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 8.57 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.73 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Hulshout?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.6 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: 8.57 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31⁹

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

PM2.58.6WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1015WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂9.7WHO 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 Hulshout is 8.6 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

Hulshout 8.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9.73 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	14.97 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	8.57 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

Population and city profile

How many people live in Hulshout?

The published population was 10,652 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	17.38 km²	1 Jan 2025	Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.⁴Official
Foreign residents	312 people	1 Jan 2026	Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.⁵Official
Population density	612.9 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.⁶Official
Population	10,652 people	1 Jan 2026	Belgium official denominator source²Official

International community in Hulshout

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	10,553	100.0%
Born in Belgium	10,082	95.5%
Born in a non-EU country	255	2.4%
Born in another EU member state	213	2.0%
Not indicated	3	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	10,553	100.0%
Belgian nationality	10,282	97.4%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	194	1.8%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	76	0.7%
Not indicated	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	550	5.2%
Total population	10,553	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	10,082	95.5%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	9,732	92.2%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	9,686	91.8%
Total population — born outside Belgium	471	4.5%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	367	3.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	275	2.6%
Non-Belgian — total	271	2.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	264	2.5%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	242	2.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	234	2.2%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	183	1.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	172	1.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	62	0.6%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	46	0.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	41	0.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	41	0.4%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	29	0.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	11	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	4.43 %	1 Jan 2021	Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace¹⁸Official
Median age	46 years	31 Dec 2026	Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 2026¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Hulshout

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.

Herenthout as a Hulshout alternative in the same region

7 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,906 Herenthout vs 4,046 Hulshout−28%
Unemployment: 4.4% Herenthout vs 5.6% Hulshout−21%
Residents: 9,464 Herenthout vs 10,652 Hulshout−11%
Annual PM2.5: 8.5 µg/m³ Herenthout vs 8.6 µg/m³ Hulshoutsame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Herenthout vs €3,711 Hulshoutsame level

Full comparison More about Herenthout

Cities near Hulshout

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

Heist-op-den-Berg 4.2 km away

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

Begijnendijk 6.3 km away

Rent: 950 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Herselt 7.0 km away

Rent: 867.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Herenthout 7.5 km away

Rent: 825 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Westerlo 9.0 km away

Rent: 830 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Olen 9.1 km away

Rent: 830 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

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

All Belgium cities

Begijnendijk10,668 residents Braine-le-Château10,610 residents Plombières10,702 residents Wijnegem10,703 residents Opglabbeek10,575 residents Sint-Lievens-Houtem10,750 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hulshout 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; Hulshout'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 Hulshout?

The published population was 10,652 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Hulshout?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.6 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 Hulshout?

Police recorded about 4,046 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 Hulshout?

The unemployment rate is about 5.6 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Hulshout?

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 Hulshout?

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

Is Hulshout a good place to live?

Hulshout 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 Hulshout?

Heist-op-den-Berg, Begijnendijk, Herselt, Herenthout, Beerzel are near Hulshout. 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 Hulshout?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,082 people (95.5%) 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 = {Hulshout, 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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Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column. statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-01-01
Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31 ftp.irceline.be · checked 2024-12-31
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