--- entity_id: city:be:geonames:2783081 entity_type: city name: Zwijndrecht country_code: BE country: Belgium slug: zwijndrecht canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/zwijndrecht.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/zwijndrecht.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/be/zwijndrecht snapshot_id: approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab generated_at: 2026-09-14 last_verified: 2026-08-30 fact_count: 11 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/ citation_title: "Zwijndrecht, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate, population" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab citation_version: approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-14 citation_build_date: 2026-09-14 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Zwijndrecht Zwijndrecht is a city in Belgium, and the figures below are its published values. Zwijndrecht had a population of 19,580 at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 10 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Zwijndrecht? The published population was 19,580 people in January 2024. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 19,580 people · Period: January 2024 - Claims: claim-eb268aae6f06 ### Is the air quality good in Zwijndrecht? The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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. - Value: 10 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-00a1e89afd04 ### What is the unemployment rate in Zwijndrecht? The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2011). - Value: 4.8 % · Period: 2011 - Claims: claim-89ca01d6a859 ## Mobility Zwijndrecht's nearest airport was ANR, 10 km away and offered 1 direct destinations. ## Housing Main dwellings in Zwijndrecht totalled 8,182 at the end of 2021. ## Climate Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.6°C in January to 18.6°C in July. Zwijndrecht's monthly precipitation totalled 68.3 mm in January and 78.5 mm in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 19,580 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [1] | | G05 Main Residential Dwellings | `g05_main_residential_dwellings` | 8,182 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 4.75 % | city | 2011-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 10 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 13.46 · Feb 17.62 · Mar 21.19 · Apr 26.34 · May 29.13 · Jun 31.75 · Jul 38.58 · Aug 35.14 · Sep 32.96 · Oct 25.09 · Nov 19.74 · Dec 14.84 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -11.88 · Feb -13.63 · Mar -7.51 · Apr -4.39 · May 0.54 · Jun 3.54 · Jul 7.93 · Aug 6.75 · Sep 3.83 · Oct -3.95 · Nov -4.55 · Dec -11.33 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 2.56 · Feb 3.16 · Mar 5.91 · Apr 9.7 · May 13.39 · Jun 16.67 · Jul 18.57 · Aug 18.15 · Sep 15.03 · Oct 11.13 · Nov 6.74 · Dec 3.37 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | 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 | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 1 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 10 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | ANR | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Public employment service - [Actiris](https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/) — Job Search - [Le Forem](https://www.leforem.be/citoyens/inscription-accompagnement-chercheur-emploi.html) — Job Search, Registration - [VDAB](https://www.vdab.be/registratie/?registratieType=ACCOUNT) — Job Search, Registration, Training This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Zwijndrecht when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.belgium.be/en/health/healthcare_costs) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Belgium country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/belgium/). ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - Born in another EU member state: 856 (4.4%) - Born in Belgium: 16,681 (86.6%) - Born in a non-EU country: 1,715 (8.9%) - Total population: 19,263 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 11 (0.1%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_2.xlsx ### Citizenship - Foreign nationality: other EU member state: 830 (4.3%) - Belgian nationality: 17,756 (92.2%) - Foreign nationality: non-EU country: 650 (3.4%) - Stateless: 4 (0.0%) - Total population: 19,263 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 23 (0.1%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_1.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 14,047 (72.9%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 161 (0.8%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 14,208 (73.8%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 891 (4.6%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 46 (0.2%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 937 (4.9%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 762 (4.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 14 (0.1%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 776 (4.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 710 (3.7%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 1,125 (5.8%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,835 (9.5%) - Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 271 (1.4%) - Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 1,236 (6.4%) - Non-Belgian — total: 1,507 (7.8%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin: 3,548 (18.4%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 2,363 (12.3%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 1,185 (6.2%) - Total population: 19,263 (100.0%) - Total population — born in Belgium: 16,681 (86.6%) - Total population — born outside Belgium: 2,582 (13.4%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 14,047 (72.9%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 161 (0.8%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 14,208 (73.8%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total population: 14,208 (73.8%) - Belgique — Total population — born in Belgium: 14,047 (72.9%) - Belgique — Total population — born outside Belgium: 161 (0.8%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 419 (2.2%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 22 (0.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 441 (2.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 689 (3.6%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 11 (0.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 700 (3.6%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 505 (2.6%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 899 (4.7%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,404 (7.3%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 124 (0.6%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 604 (3.1%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — total: 728 (3.8%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 2,545 (13.2%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 1,613 (8.4%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 932 (4.8%) - Hors UE27 — Total population: 3,273 (17.0%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born in Belgium: 1,737 (9.0%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born outside Belgium: 1,536 (8.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 339 (1.8%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 18 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 357 (1.9%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 41 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 2 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 43 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 127 (0.7%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 93 (0.5%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 220 (1.1%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 75 (0.4%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 291 (1.5%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — total: 366 (1.9%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 620 (3.2%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 507 (2.6%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 113 (0.6%) - Pays voisin* — Total population: 986 (5.1%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born in Belgium: 582 (3.0%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born outside Belgium: 404 (2.1%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 14,047 (72.9%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 161 (0.8%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 14,208 (73.8%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 891 (4.6%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 46 (0.2%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 937 (4.9%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 762 (4.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 14 (0.1%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 776 (4.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 710 (3.7%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 1,125 (5.8%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,835 (9.5%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 271 (1.4%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 1,236 (6.4%) - Total — Non-Belgian — total: 1,507 (7.8%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 3,548 (18.4%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 2,363 (12.3%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 1,185 (6.2%) - Total — Total population: 19,263 (100.0%) - Total — Total population — born in Belgium: 16,681 (86.6%) - Total — Total population — born outside Belgium: 2,582 (13.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 133 (0.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 6 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 139 (0.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 32 (0.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 1 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 33 (0.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 78 (0.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 133 (0.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 211 (1.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 72 (0.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 341 (1.8%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — total: 413 (2.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 383 (2.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 243 (1.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 140 (0.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population: 796 (4.1%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born in Belgium: 315 (1.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born outside Belgium: 481 (2.5%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20groupe%20de%20nationalite%20d%20origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ## Sources 1. 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World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_PRCP.csv 7. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 8. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). Zwijndrecht, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate, population [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; version approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_zwijndrecht-belgium-jobs-air-quality-climate-population_0d66c482904d, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Zwijndrecht, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate, population}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-14}, version = {approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab}, snapshot = {approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Zwijndrecht, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate, population](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; version approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; retrieved 2026-09-14; built 2026-09-14. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/ - Title: Zwijndrecht, Belgium: jobs, air quality, climate, population - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab` - Version: `approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab` - Retrieved: 2026-09-14 - Built: 2026-09-14 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/zwijndrecht/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/zwijndrecht.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/zwijndrecht.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/be/zwijndrecht - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json