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Living in Jurbise

In Jurbise, the median rent tenants pay is €1,100 a month (2025).

For Jurbise, the foreign population was 1,436 at the start of 2026. At the start of 2026, Jurbise had a population of 10,912. The city covered 58.2 km² in 2025. Population density was 187.6 people per km² in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2435 sources

Population10,912people1 Jan 2026Official source · Belgium official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)3,540EUR/month31 Dec 2022Official source · Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022
Median rent1,100EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50
Unemployment rate6.09%country median 5.3% — 14% aboveIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011
Recorded crime3,748offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 27% belowIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025
PM2.5, annual mean5.67µg/m³country median 7.4 — 23% belowOfficial 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 85% of Belgian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 71% of Belgian cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Jurbise recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60
Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited59.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Internet Go14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Mobile Maxi15Official · national market
Dwellings4,391 dwellings1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units20Official
Main residence dwellings4,389 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)18Official
Median monthly rent1,100 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official

Is Jurbise 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 employee54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–62%
Student31%strong on cost, weak on work · range 24–38%
Family43%strong on family, weak on cost · range 35–51%
Retirement40%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 30–50%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 6.09% at the start of 2011.

What is the unemployment rate in Jurbise?

The unemployment rate is about 6.1 % (January 2011).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.09 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201128
Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Jurbise is 6.1%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,794 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202216Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability96.73 %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)3,540 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202217Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6.09 %country median 5.3%1 Jan 2011Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201128Independent

What does a salary buy in Jurbise?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,540 (Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,202of €2,412 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.€2,412
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50 · 2025-12-31− €1,100
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€1,202
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Jurbise Salary needed to live in Jurbise

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Actiris — Public employment service

Actiris Brussels public employment service

Job Search

Le Forem — Public employment service

Le Forem Walloon public employment and training service

Job SearchRegistration

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools6 schools31 Oct 2025FASE 2025/26 official school establishment register4Official

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; Jurbise's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Jurbise?

Police recorded about 3,748 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: 3,748 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202525
Recorded crime across major citiesJurbise highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Jurbise 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
Jurbise3,748
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,748 offences per 100,000country median 5,16731 Dec 2025Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202525Independent

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport83 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Nearest airportCRL3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official
Distance to nearest airport40 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports13Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 5.67 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual NO₂ was 7.53 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Jurbise?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.7 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: 5.67 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3111
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 Jurbise is 5.7 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 mean7.53 µg/m³country median 9.031 Dec 2024Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 11055; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-319Official
PM10 — annual mean9.62 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..2024-12-3110Official
PM2.5 — annual mean5.67 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..2024-12-3111Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 13.38 · Feb 17.91 · Mar 20.78 · Apr 25.88 · May 28.61 · Jun 30.84 · Jul 36.62 · Aug 34.02 · Sep 31.32 · Oct 25.31 · Nov 19.35 · Dec 14.62 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -11.44 · Feb -12.83 · Mar -9.83 · Apr -4.59 · May 0.69 · Jun 3.35 · Jul 6.98 · Aug 5.96 · Sep 2.95 · Oct -4.53 · Nov -4.88 · Dec -10.33 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Average temperature by monthJan 2.51 · Feb 3.08 · Mar 5.88 · Apr 9.52 · May 13.1 · Jun 16.35 · Jul 18.19 · Aug 17.73 · Sep 14.69 · Oct 10.97 · Nov 6.58 · Dec 3.24 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center5Official
Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2014–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 48.4% between 2014 and 2024, from 11.0 to 5.7.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Jurbise?

The published population was 10,912 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 area58.18 km²1 Jan 2025Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.6Official
Foreign-resident share12.87 %31 Dec 2025Statbel (Statistics Belgium)19Official
Foreign residents1,436 people1 Jan 2026Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.7Official
Population density187.6 people/km²1 Jan 2026Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.8Official
Population10,912 people1 Jan 2026Belgium official denominator source2Official

International community in Jurbise

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 population10,655100.0%
Born in Belgium9,10985.5%
Born in a non-EU country9278.7%
Born in another EU member state6195.8%

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

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 population10,655100.0%
Belgian nationality9,37187.9%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country7587.1%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state5244.9%
Not indicated20.0%

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

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total Belgian with foreign origin1,83617.2%
Total population10,655100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium9,10985.5%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total7,53570.7%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium7,38469.3%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium1,58414.9%
Total population — born outside Belgium1,54614.5%
Non-Belgian — total1,28412.1%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium1,14310.7%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total1,0289.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium1,0019.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total6436.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium4214.0%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium2522.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium2222.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total1651.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium1621.5%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium1511.4%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium1411.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium270.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium30.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad14.51 %1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace21Official
Median age44 years31 Dec 2026Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 202619Official

Alternatives for people set on Jurbise

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.

Cities near Jurbise

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

Soignies 10.1 km away
Rent
870 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Chièvres 10.9 km away
Rent
750 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Quaregnon 12.1 km away
Rent
700 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Le Roeulx 12.4 km away
Rent
850 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Saint-Ghislain 12.4 km away
Rent
750 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Silly 13.0 km away
Rent
925 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Jurbise 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Jurbise?

The published population was 10,912 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Jurbise?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.7 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 Jurbise?

Police recorded about 3,748 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 Jurbise?

The unemployment rate is about 6.1 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Jurbise?

The median gross salary is 3,540 EUR/month. Source: Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022.

How many foreign residents live in Jurbise?

1,436 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

Is Jurbise a good place to live?

Jurbise 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 Jurbise?

Baudour, Soignies, Chièvres, Quaregnon, Le Roeulx are near Jurbise. 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 Jurbise?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,109 people (85.5%) 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 = {Jurbise, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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