Living in Melle

The population of Melle totalled 11,981 at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 levels for Melle stood at 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population11,981people31 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 rent850EUR/month31 Dec 2025Municipality figureOfficial source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50

Unemployment rate3.4%country median 5.3% — 36% belowOfficial source · bestat.statbel.fgov.be

Recorded crime5,194incidents per 100,000country median 5,167 — about the sameOfficial source · Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 80% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 97% of Belgian cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

Main residences in Melle numbered 4,939 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	4,939 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹³Official
Median monthly rent	850 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official · parent municipality

Is Melle a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student33%strong on cost, weak on education · range 22–44%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–61%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Melle?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2011). Source: bestat.statbel.fgov.be²

Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Melle is 3.4%. 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

Melle 3.4%

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	3.4 %country median 5.3%	31 Dec 2011	bestat.statbel.fgov.be²Official

What does a salary buy in Melle?

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

Left over each month€1,527of €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	− €850
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	€1,527

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Public employment service

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

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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 Melle. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Melle?

Police recorded about 5,194 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 citiesMelle 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	5,194 incidents per 100,000country median 5,167 — about the same	31 Dec 2025	Tableau des statistiques de faits criminels par commune, 2025¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Melle's nearest airport was BRU, 49 km away and offered 146 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	146 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	49 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BRU	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Climate and air quality

Melle's monthly mean temperatures were 2.9°C in January and 18.2°C in July. Melle's monthly precipitation totalled 67.8 mm in January and 72.4 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Melle?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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

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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

PM2.59WHO 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 Melle is 9.0 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

Melle 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency³Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.65 · Feb 17.38 · Mar 20.89 · Apr 26.05 · May 28.53 · Jun 31.21 · Jul 36.43 · Aug 33.35 · Sep 31.18 · Oct 24.82 · Nov 19.2 · Dec 14.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -10.83 · Feb -12.18 · Mar -7.1 · Apr -4.17 · May 0.6 · Jun 4.7 · Jul 8.03 · Aug 7.22 · Sep 3.77 · Oct -2.95 · Nov -4.32 · Dec -10.11 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.91 · Feb 3.41 · Mar 5.99 · Apr 9.57 · May 13.14 · Jun 16.32 · Jul 18.17 · Aug 17.82 · Sep 14.93 · Oct 11.22 · Nov 6.97 · Dec 3.69 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 67.8 · Feb 55.5 · Mar 53.1 · Apr 43.5 · May 55.3 · Jun 69.9 · Jul 72.4 · Aug 79.8 · Sep 67 · Oct 67.7 · Nov 78.6 · Dec 83.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Melle?

The published population was 11,981 people in January 2024. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	11,981 people	31 Dec 2024	Statbel (Belgian statistical office)¹²Official

International community in Melle

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	11,782	100.0%
Born in Belgium	10,904	92.5%
Born in a non-EU country	550	4.7%
Born in another EU member state	326	2.8%
Not indicated	2	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	11,782	100.0%
Belgian nationality	11,345	96.3%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	265	2.2%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	165	1.4%
Not indicated	6	0.1%
Stateless	1	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	1,106	9.4%
Total population	11,782	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	10,904	92.5%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	10,239	86.9%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	10,125	85.9%
Total population — born outside Belgium	878	7.5%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	734	6.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	558	4.7%
Non-Belgian — total	437	3.7%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	392	3.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	377	3.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	372	3.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	357	3.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	349	3.0%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	209	1.8%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	171	1.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	168	1.4%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	114	1.0%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	45	0.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	20	0.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	3	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 Melle

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Melle from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Belgium

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

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Beyne-Heusay11,978 residents Alken11,943 residents Vosselaar11,933 residents Chaumont-Gistoux11,918 residents Libramont-Chevigny12,065 residents Retie12,076 residents

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

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

Is Melle part of Ghent?

Melle is in the published commuting zone of Ghent; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Ghent city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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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 Melle?

The published population was 11,981 people in January 2024. Source: Statbel (Belgian statistical office).

Is the air quality good in Melle?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Melle?

What is the unemployment rate in Melle?

The unemployment rate is 3.4 % (2011). Source: bestat.statbel.fgov.be.

What is the typical salary around Melle?

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

Is Melle a good place to live?

Melle 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.

Is Melle part of Ghent?

Melle is in the published commuting zone of Ghent; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Born in Belgium live in Melle?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,904 people (92.5%) 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 = {Melle, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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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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Statbel (Belgian statistical office) statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-05
Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium) Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics · statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-07
Statbel, Belgian statistical office statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-30
Statbel, Belgian statistical office ancestry or ethnicity statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-29
Statbel, Belgian statistical office country of birth statbel.fgov.be · checked 2026-08-29
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