Belgiumin MapsOfficial Belgian data, explained
Median age by municipality in Belgium (2026)
This page maps Median age for one nationally comparable 2026 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Population
What this indicator measures
Median age
Official Statbel measure for Median age.
Value. Age dividing residents into two equally sized halves.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2026
- Geography
- municipalities
- Measure
- Value
- Unit
- years
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 43years
- Unweighted area mean
- 43.4years
- Minimum
- 34years
- Maximum
- 63years
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 43 years. Values extend from 34 to 63 years. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 31–4049 areas
- 40–4272 areas
- 42–4377 areas
- 43–4493 areas
- 44–63274 areas
Categories
Distribution by official map class
| Value | Areas | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| 31–40 | 49 | |
| 40–42 | 72 | |
| 42–43 | 77 | |
| 43–44 | 93 | |
| 44–63 | 274 |
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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.
| Position | # | Area | Official code | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 1 | Koksijde | 38014 | 63 years |
| Highest | 2 | Nieuwpoort | 38016 | 60 years |
| Highest | 3 | Knokke-Heist | 31043 | 59 years |
| Highest | 3 | De Haan | 35029 | 59 years |
| Highest | 5 | Middelkerke | 35011 | 58 years |
| Highest | 6 | De Panne | 38008 | 57 years |
| Highest | 7 | Blankenberge | 31004 | 56 years |
| Highest | 8 | Vresse-sur-Semois | 91143 | 55 years |
| Highest | 9 | Bredene | 35002 | 51 years |
| Highest | 9 | Herstappe | 73028 | 51 years |
| Lowest | 560 | Schaerbeek | 21015 | 34 years |
| Lowest | 560 | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | 21014 | 34 years |
| Lowest | 560 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 21012 | 34 years |
| Lowest | 560 | Ixelles | 21009 | 34 years |
| Lowest | 560 | Etterbeek | 21005 | 34 years |
| Lowest | 560 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 34 years |
| Lowest | 556 | Leuven | 24062 | 35 years |
| Lowest | 556 | Saint-Gilles | 21013 | 35 years |
| Lowest | 556 | Koekelberg | 21011 | 35 years |
| Lowest | 556 | Anderlecht | 21001 | 35 years |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Classification breaks and colours come from the catalogue, and 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.
Read the methodologySources, licence and provenance