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Living in Roosdaal

In Roosdaal, the median rent tenants pay is €929 a month (2025).

Roosdaal had 12,163 residents at the start of 2026 and is a city in Belgium. Population density was 554.9 people per km² in 2026. Annual NO₂ was 9.87 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. For Roosdaal, annual PM2.5 was 7.71 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. The city covered 21.9 km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2434 sources

Population12,163people1 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 rent929EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP50
Unemployment rate2.91%country median 5.3% — 46% belowIndependent source · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011
Recorded crime4,407incidents per 100,000country median 5,167 — 15% belowOfficial source · www.police.be
PM2.5, annual mean7.71µg/m³country median 7.4 — 4% aboveOfficial source · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-31

Lower unemployment than 91% of Belgian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 66% of Belgian cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Roosdaal recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€62
Internet, 60 Mbps€60
Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited59.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Internet Go13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Proximus Mobile Maxi14Official · national market
Monthly transport pass62 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Omnipas - subscriptions - De Lijn11Official
Dwellings4,656 dwellings1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units18Official
Main residence dwellings4,649 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)17Official
Median monthly rent929 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official

Is Roosdaal 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 worker65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–73%
Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–76%
Student43%strong on cost, weak on education · range 33–53%
Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–69%
Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 48–68%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 2.91% at the start of 2011.

What is the unemployment rate in Roosdaal?

The unemployment rate is about 2.9 % (January 2011).

  • Unemployment rate: 2.91 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201128
Unemployment across cities in BelgiumUnemployment in Roosdaal is 2.9%. Of 509 cities with data, 160 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings4,028 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202215Official · regional context
Gigabit broadband availability98.23 %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)3,711 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202216Official · regional context
Unemployment rate2.91 %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 Roosdaal?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,711 (Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-2022, 2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,386of €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− €929
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€1,386
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Roosdaal Salary needed to live in Roosdaal

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Roosdaal. 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 Roosdaal. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Roosdaal?

Police recorded about 4,407 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: www.police.be24

Recorded crime across major citiesRoosdaal highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Roosdaal 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
Roosdaal4,407
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,407 incidents per 100,000country median 5,16731 Dec 2024www.police.be24Official

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Roosdaal?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.7 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: 7.71 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3110
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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 Roosdaal is 7.7 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 mean9.87 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..2024-12-318Official
PM10 — annual mean14.46 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..2024-12-319Official
PM2.5 — annual mean7.71 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..2024-12-3110Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 6.1 · Feb 7.1 · Mar 10.9 · Apr 15 · May 18.4 · Jun 21.2 · Jul 23.2 · Aug 23 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 9.9 · Dec 6.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station UCCLE_06447.csv23Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.4 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 6 · May 9.2 · Jun 12 · Jul 14.1 · Aug 13.9 · Sep 11.3 · Oct 8.1 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 2.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station UCCLE_06447.csv23Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 3.7 · Feb 4.2 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 10.4 · May 13.9 · Jun 16.7 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 4.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station UCCLE_06447.csv23Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 75.5 · Feb 65.1 · Mar 59.3 · Apr 46.7 · May 59.7 · Jun 70.8 · Jul 76.9 · Aug 86.5 · Sep 65.3 · Oct 67.8 · Nov 76.2 · Dec 87.4 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station UCCLE_06447.csv23Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 59.1 · Feb 72.9 · Mar 125.8 · Apr 171.3 · May 198.3 · Jun 199.3 · Jul 203.2 · Aug 192.4 · Sep 154.5 · Oct 112.6 · Nov 65.8 · Dec 48.6 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station UCCLE_06447.csv23Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Roosdaal?

The published population was 12,163 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 area21.92 km²1 Jan 2025Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.5Official
Foreign residents639 people1 Jan 2026Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.6Official
Population density554.9 people/km²1 Jan 2026Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.7Official
Population12,163 people1 Jan 2026Belgium official denominator source2Official

International community in Roosdaal

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 population11,688100.0%
Born in Belgium10,96393.8%
Born in a non-EU country4283.7%
Born in another EU member state2972.5%

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

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 population11,688100.0%
Belgian nationality11,19495.8%
Foreign nationality: other EU member state3453.0%
Foreign nationality: non-EU country1471.3%
Not indicated20.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source20

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total Belgian with foreign origin1,22510.5%
Total population11,688100.0%
Total population — born in Belgium10,96393.8%
Belgian of Belgian origin — total9,96985.3%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium9,90884.8%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium9277.9%
Total population — born outside Belgium7256.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total5224.5%
Non-Belgian — total4944.2%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total4023.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium3913.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium3663.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total3012.6%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium2992.6%
Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium2982.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium2852.4%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium2372.0%
Non-Belgian — born in Belgium1281.1%
Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium610.5%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium110.1%
Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium20.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source21

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad6.2 %1 Jan 2021Statbel Census 2021 municipality population by birthplace19Official
Median age44 years31 Dec 2026Population by place of residence, nationality, marital status, age and sex — 1 January 202612Official

Alternatives for people set on Roosdaal

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.

Lennik as a Roosdaal alternative in the same region

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

  • Unemployment: 2.5% Lennik vs 2.9% Roosdaal−14%
  • Residents: 9,400 Lennik vs 12,163 Roosdaal−23%
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.4 µg/m³ Lennik vs 7.7 µg/m³ Roosdaal−4%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,519 Lennik vs 4,407 Roosdaalsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Lennik vs €3,711 Roosdaalsame level

Cities near Roosdaal

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

Liedekerke 2.6 km away
Rent
900 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Ninove 4.2 km away
Rent
809.5 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Denderleeuw 4.4 km away
Rent
800 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Lennik 7.2 km away
Rent
960 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31
Affligem 7.3 km away
Rent
950 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Belgium

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

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

Is Roosdaal part of Mechelen?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source4

Common questions

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

How many people live in Roosdaal?

The published population was 12,163 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.

Is the air quality good in Roosdaal?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.7 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 Roosdaal?

Police recorded about 4,407 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: www.police.be.

What is the unemployment rate in Roosdaal?

The unemployment rate is about 2.9 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.

What is the typical salary around Roosdaal?

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 Roosdaal?

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

Is Roosdaal a good place to live?

Roosdaal 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 Roosdaal part of Mechelen?

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

Which cities are near Roosdaal?

Liedekerke, Meerbeke, Ninove, Denderleeuw, Denderhoutem are near Roosdaal. 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 Roosdaal?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,963 people (93.8%) 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, October 16). Roosdaal, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f4c76a7484ef6f8ea8a6d4baa0cfe06c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/roosdaal/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Roosdaal, Belgium: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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