Living in Villers-la-Ville
In Villers-la-Ville, the median rent tenants pay is €955 a month (2025).
At the start of 2026, Villers-la-Ville had a population of 11,054. The city covered 48 km² in 2025. Population density was 230.1 people per km² in 2026. For Villers-la-Ville, annual PM2.5 was 4.93 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.
Which Belgium-wide rules apply when you move to Villers-la-Ville?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 59.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Proximus Internet Go14Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Proximus Mobile Maxi15Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 4,235 dwellings | 1 Jan 2021 | Statbel Census 2021 municipality housing units20Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 4,231 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium)18Official |
| Median monthly rent | 955 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Baux immobiliers – version annuelle / Real Estate Rents Annual; MunicipalityWideRealEstateRentsAnnual; RentP501Official |
Is Villers-la-Ville 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.
Work and income
The unemployment rate was 6.33% at the start of 2011.
What is the unemployment rate in Villers-la-Ville?
The unemployment rate is about 6.3 % (January 2011).
- Unemployment rate: 6.33 % · Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201129
Villers-la-Ville 6.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 3,794 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202216Official · regional context |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 99.39 % | 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) | 3,540 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | Salaires mensuels bruts moyens des salariés employés à temps plein 2000-202217Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 6.33 %country median 5.3% | 1 Jan 2011 | Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 201129Independent |
What does a salary buy in Villers-la-Ville?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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 | − €955 |
| 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 | €1,347 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Villers-la-Ville. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Actiris — Public employment service
Le Forem — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Villers-la-Ville. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 5 schools | 31 Oct 2025 | FASE 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; Villers-la-Ville's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Safety
How safe is Villers-la-Ville?
Police recorded about 4,596 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: 4,596 offences per 100,000 · Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202526
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,596 offences per 100,000country median 5,167 | 31 Dec 2025 | Belgian Federal Police — recorded total offences by municipality, Q4 202526Independent |
Mobility and administration
Climate and air quality
Annual NO₂ was 6.2 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.
Is the air quality good in Villers-la-Ville?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.9 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 4.93 µg/m³ · Official RIO v2025 annual mean derived from daily population-weighted municipality concentrations for NIS5 62093; period 2024-01-01..2024-12-3111
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Villers-la-Ville 4.9
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 6.2 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..2024-12-319Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 8.4 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..2024-12-3110Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 4.93 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..2024-12-3111Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 5.6 · Feb 6.6 · Mar 10.5 · Apr 14.6 · May 18.2 · Jun 21.2 · Jul 23.4 · Aug 23.2 · Sep 19.4 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 9.4 · Dec 6.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CHARLEROIGOSSELIES_06449.csv25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 0.6 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 4.9 · May 8.5 · Jun 11.5 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.3 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 7.3 · Nov 3.9 · Dec 1.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CHARLEROIGOSSELIES_06449.csv25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 3.1 · Feb 3.6 · Mar 6.5 · Apr 9.8 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 18.3 · Sep 14.9 · Oct 11 · Nov 6.7 · Dec 3.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CHARLEROIGOSSELIES_06449.csv25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 78.7 · Feb 68.7 · Mar 64 · Apr 48.2 · May 65.7 · Jun 75.6 · Jul 76.1 · Aug 84.1 · Sep 63.5 · Oct 67.2 · Nov 74.9 · Dec 97.5 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CHARLEROIGOSSELIES_06449.csv25Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 55.2% between 2014 and 2024, from 11.0 to 4.9.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Villers-la-Ville?
The published population was 11,054 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source2
By nationality
National passport94.9%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 48.03 km² | 1 Jan 2025 | Official cadastral total area by municipality; 2025 superficie totale (ha), converted to km2.6Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 5.23 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Statbel (Statistics Belgium)19Official |
| Foreign residents | 560 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row.7Official |
| Population density | 230.1 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.8Official |
| Population | 11,054 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Belgium official denominator source2Official |
International community in Villers-la-Ville
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 | 10,891 | 100.0% |
| Born in Belgium | 9,954 | 91.4% |
| Born in another EU member state | 491 | 4.5% |
| Born in a non-EU country | 446 | 4.1% |
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 group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total population | 10,891 | 100.0% |
| Belgian nationality | 10,427 | 95.7% |
| Foreign nationality: other EU member state | 380 | 3.5% |
| Foreign nationality: non-EU country | 83 | 0.8% |
| Not indicated | 1 | 0.0% |
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 group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total Belgian with foreign origin | 1,747 | 16.0% |
| Total population | 10,891 | 100.0% |
| Total population — born in Belgium | 9,954 | 91.4% |
| Belgian of Belgian origin — total | 8,680 | 79.7% |
| Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium | 8,484 | 77.9% |
| Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium | 1,375 | 12.6% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total | 1,011 | 9.3% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium | 964 | 8.9% |
| Total population — born outside Belgium | 937 | 8.6% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total | 624 | 5.7% |
| Non-Belgian — total | 464 | 4.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium | 372 | 3.4% |
| Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium | 369 | 3.4% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium | 322 | 3.0% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium | 302 | 2.8% |
| Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium | 196 | 1.8% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total | 112 | 1.0% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium | 109 | 1.0% |
| Non-Belgian — born in Belgium | 95 | 0.9% |
| Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium | 47 | 0.4% |
| 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 source23
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Villers-la-Ville
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.
Roeselare as a Villers-la-Ville alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 107 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Foreign residents: 13.5% Roeselare vs 5.2% Villers-la-Ville+157%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,852 Roeselare vs 4,596 Villers-la-Villeno percentage
- Median gross pay, region: €3,711 Roeselare vs €3,540 Villers-la-Ville+5%
Cities near Villers-la-Ville
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Alternative cities in Belgium
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Villers-la-Ville 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.
Open the official coverage guideIs Villers-la-Ville part of Mechelen?
Villers-la-Ville 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. Source5
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Villers-la-Ville?
The published population was 11,054 people in January 2026. Source: Belgium official denominator source.
Is the air quality good in Villers-la-Ville?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.9 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. 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 Villers-la-Ville?
Police recorded about 4,596 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 Villers-la-Ville?
The unemployment rate is about 6.3 % (January 2011). Source: Statbel be.STAT — unemployment rate of 15–64-year-olds by municipality, Census 2011.
What is the typical salary around Villers-la-Ville?
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 Villers-la-Ville?
560 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official population by nationality at municipality grain; foreign population is TOTAL minus Belgique in the TOTAL row..
Is Villers-la-Ville a good place to live?
Villers-la-Ville 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 Villers-la-Ville part of Mechelen?
Villers-la-Ville is in the published commuting zone of Mechelen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Villers-la-Ville?
Court-Saint-Etienne, Chastre-Villeroux-Blanmont, Genappe, Chastre, Les Bons Villers are near Villers-la-Ville. 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 Villers-la-Ville?
The official country of birth distribution records 9,954 people (91.4%) 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). Villers-la-Ville, Belgium: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3827889ae16ef20ec77bccd11da3e5fc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/villers-la-ville/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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