Living in Puurs-Sint-Amands

In Puurs-Sint-Amands, the median rent tenants pay is €875 a month (2025).

Gigabit broadband availability was 98.3% in June 2025. Annual PM2.5 was 8.24 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. At the start of 2026, Puurs-Sint-Amands had a population of 27,389. The city covered 49.1 km² in 2025. Population density was 557.4 people per km² in 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2329 sources

Population27,389people1 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

Recorded crime4,184offences per 100,000country median 5,167 — 19% belowIndependent source · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025

PM2.5, annual mean8.24µg/m³country median 7.4 — 11% 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 72% of Belgian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 70% of Belgian cities that publish it.

Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Puurs-Sint-Amands?

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 Puurs-Sint-Amands.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 Go¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Proximus Mobile Maxi¹²Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	62 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn¹⁰Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings	10,798 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)¹⁵Official
Median monthly rent	875 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50¹Official

Is Puurs-Sint-Amands 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 worker66%strong on work, weak on safety · range 58–74%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–74%

Student45%strong on cost, weak on education · range 35–55%

Family48%strong on housing, weak on education · range 39–57%

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

Work and income

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	4,028 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022¹³Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability	98.31 %	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 2000-2022¹⁴Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

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
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	− €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

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Actiris — Public employment service

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Le Forem — Public employment service

Le Forem Walloon public employment and training service

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

Safety

How safe is Puurs-Sint-Amands?

Police recorded about 4,184 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: 4,184 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²⁰

Recorded crime across major citiesPuurs-Sint-Amands 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

Puurs-Sint-Amands4,184

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,184 offences per 100,000country median 5,167	31 Dec 2025	Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 2025²⁰Independent

Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 11.6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Annual PM10 was 15.2 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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: 8.24 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31⁹

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

PM2.58.2WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1015.2WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂11.6WHO 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 Puurs-Sint-Amands is 8.2 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

Puurs-Sint-Amands 8.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	11.63 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	15.22 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	8.24 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 6.6 · Feb 7.6 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 15.2 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.6 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 20 · Oct 15.3 · Nov 10.3 · Dec 7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ANTWERPENDEURNE_06450.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 5.1 · May 9.1 · Jun 12.2 · Jul 14.2 · Aug 13.7 · Sep 10.7 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ANTWERPENDEURNE_06450.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.9 · Feb 4.3 · Mar 6.9 · Apr 10.2 · May 14 · Jun 16.9 · Jul 18.9 · Aug 18.6 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 4.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ANTWERPENDEURNE_06450.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 68.3 · Feb 59.9 · Mar 54 · Apr 41.5 · May 58.4 · Jun 73.1 · Jul 78.5 · Aug 83.8 · Sep 70 · Oct 66.3 · Nov 75.7 · Dec 89 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ANTWERPENDEURNE_06450.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

The published population was 27,389 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	49.14 km²	1 Jan 2025	Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.⁴Official
Foreign residents	1,241 people	1 Jan 2026	Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.⁵Official
Population density	557.4 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.⁶Official
Population	27,389 people	1 Jan 2026	Belgium official denominator source²Official

International community in Puurs-Sint-Amands

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	26,208	100.0%
Born in Belgium	24,502	93.5%
Born in a non-EU country	1,090	4.2%
Born in another EU member state	614	2.3%
Not indicated	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

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	26,208	100.0%
Belgian nationality	25,177	96.1%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state	553	2.1%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country	438	1.7%
Not indicated	39	0.1%
Stateless	1	0.0%

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

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	2,307	8.8%
Total population	26,208	100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium	24,502	93.5%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total	22,870	87.3%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium	22,718	86.7%
Total population — born outside Belgium	1,706	6.5%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium	1,638	6.3%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total	1,046	4.0%
Non-Belgian — total	1,031	3.9%
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium	885	3.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total	756	2.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium	724	2.8%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium	669	2.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium	630	2.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total	505	1.9%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium	498	1.9%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium	416	1.6%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium	152	0.6%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium	146	0.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium	32	0.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium	7	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Alternatives for people set on Puurs-Sint-Amands

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.

Bornem as a Puurs-Sint-Amands alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 0 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 22,333 Bornem vs 27,389 Puurs-Sint-Amands−18%
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Bornem vs 8.2 µg/m³ Puurs-Sint-Amandssame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,128 Bornem vs 4,184 Puurs-Sint-Amandssame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Bornem vs €3,711 Puurs-Sint-Amandssame level

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Cities near Puurs-Sint-Amands

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

Bornem 3.7 km away

Rent: 870 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Niel 5.3 km away

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

Willebroek 5.9 km away

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

Boom 6.3 km away

Rent: 855 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Schelle 7.5 km away

Rent: 880 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

Other cities in Belgium to compare with Puurs-Sint-Amands, nearest in population first.

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Lievegem27,502 residents Ronse27,577 residents Flémalle27,167 residents Wetteren27,071 residents Saint-Josse-ten-Noode27,003 residents Mortsel26,961 residents

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Puurs-Sint-Amands in rankings

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

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Puurs-Sint-Amands 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; Puurs-Sint-Amands's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

The published population was 27,389 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.2 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 Puurs-Sint-Amands?

Police recorded about 4,184 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 typical salary around Puurs-Sint-Amands?

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 Puurs-Sint-Amands?

1,241 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..

How much is public transport in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

A monthly transport pass is 62 EUR/month. Source: Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn.

Is Puurs-Sint-Amands a good place to live?

Puurs-Sint-Amands 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 Puurs-Sint-Amands?

Hingene, Bornem, Niel, Sint-Amands, Willebroek are near Puurs-Sint-Amands. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Born in another EU member state live in Puurs-Sint-Amands?

The official country of birth distribution records 614 people (2.3%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium: population, rent, salary, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 299bd8dc546bfbd5ce1dadd5c424b244]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/puurs-sint-amands/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_puurs-sint-amands-belgium-population-rent-salary-safety_db2ae153cf8f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium: population, rent, salary, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {299bd8dc546bfbd5ce1dadd5c424b244},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/puurs-sint-amands/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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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