Official Belgian data, explained
Share: Married by municipality in Belgium (2026)
This page maps Share: Married for one nationally comparable 2026 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Population
What this indicator measures
Residents recorded with civil-status code 2.
Official Statbel measure for Married.
Share. Matching-category residents divided by total residents in the same area and reference date × 100.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2026
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2026
- Measure
- Share
- Unit
- %
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 35.5%
- Unweighted area mean
- 35.1%
- Minimum
- 20.4%
- Maximum
- 55.1%
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 35.5 %. Values extend from 20.4 to 55.1 %. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 20.4–33.5245 areas
- 33.5–37.485 areas
- 37.4–40.6153 areas
- 40.6–43.675 areas
- 43.6–55.17 areas
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 20.4–22.5 | 2 |
| 22.5–24.5 | 2 |
| 24.5–26.6 | 12 |
| 26.6–28.6 | 32 |
| 28.6–30.6 | 84 |
| 30.6–32.7 | 90 |
| 32.7–34.7 | 49 |
| 34.7–36.8 | 42 |
| 36.8–38.8 | 74 |
| 38.8–40.8 | 106 |
| 40.8–42.9 | 62 |
| 42.9–44.9 | 8 |
| 44.9–47 | 0 |
| 47–49 | 1 |
| 49–51 | 0 |
| 51–53.1 | 0 |
| 53.1–55.1 | 1 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Herstappe | 73028 | 55.1 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Koksijde | 38014 | 47 % |
| Highest | 3 | Zuienkerke | 31042 | 44.3 % |
| Highest | 4 | Knokke-Heist | 31043 | 44.2 % |
| Highest | 5 | Wellen | 73098 | 43.8 % |
| Highest | 6 | Kinrooi | 72018 | 43.8 % |
| Highest | 7 | Raeren | 63061 | 43.8 % |
| Highest | 8 | Oudsbergen | 72042 | 43.4 % |
| Highest | 9 | Heusden-Zolder | 71070 | 43.3 % |
| Highest | 10 | Sint-Martens-Latem | 44064 | 43.2 % |
| Lowest | 564 | Saint-Gilles | 21013 | 20.4 % |
| Lowest | 564 | Ixelles | 21009 | 20.4 % |
| Lowest | 563 | Etterbeek | 21005 | 23.5 % |
| Lowest | 562 | Liège | 62063 | 23.7 % |
| Lowest | 561 | Colfontaine | 53082 | 24.6 % |
| Lowest | 560 | Forest | 21007 | 25.3 % |
| Lowest | 559 | Boussu | 53014 | 25.6 % |
| Lowest | 558 | Huy | 61031 | 25.7 % |
| Lowest | 557 | Seraing | 62096 | 25.8 % |
| Lowest | 556 | Mons | 53053 | 25.8 % |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Reference population on 1 January.
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