Jobseekers on benefit in Aartselaar 2025

In 2025, an average of 2.3 in 100 inhabitants of Aartselaar aged 18 to 64 received unemployment benefit as jobseekers — the 368th highest figure of 564 municipalities (RVA/ONEM).

A year earlier, in 2024, it was 2.1 per 100 inhabitants aged 18 to 64: a rise of 0.2 percentage points.

Aartselaar is 1.8 percentage points below the Belgian figure (4.1 per 100 inh. 18–64) and 1.0 percentage points below the figure for the province of Antwerp (3.3).

Aartselaar is in the arrondissement of Antwerp, province of Antwerp, Flanders.

About these figures: source RVA/ONEM (National Employment Office) — full unemployment by municipality, reference period 2025, annual average; updated on .

Key figures

IndicatorValue
Jobseekers on unemployment benefit (2025)2.3 per 100 inh. 18–64
Inhabitants aged 18 to 64 (1 January 2026)8,393
Jobseekers on benefit (2025 annual average)191
All fully unemployed people on benefit (2025 annual average)205
Of whom artists on benefit (2025 annual average)0
Population (1 January 2026)15,085 inhabitants
Average income (income year 2023 · tax year 2024)€49,361
Median house price (2025)€442,500
Crime figures (2025)45.3 per 1,000 inhabitants
Additional municipal tax on personal income tax (tax year 2024)4.9%
Municipal tax on property, as a % of the cadastral income (tax year 2026)31.6%
Average age (1 January 2026)45.2 years
Inhabitants with a non-Belgian nationality (1 January 2026)7.2%
Injury accidents per 1,000 inhabitants (2025)4.4 per 1,000 inhabitants
Employment rate, aged 20–64 (1 January 2021)78.6%

Reference date: 2025, annual average · Source: RVA/ONEM (National Employment Office) — full unemployment by municipality

Frequently asked questions

How many people in Aartselaar receive unemployment benefit as jobseekers?

In Aartselaar, an average of 2.3 in 100 inhabitants aged 18 to 64 received unemployment benefit as jobseekers in 2025 (RVA/ONEM). That is not an unemployment rate: jobseekers without benefit are not counted and the denominator is the population.

How does Aartselaar compare with Belgium?

Aartselaar ranks 368th of 564 municipalities for jobseekers on benefit per 100 inh. (18–64) (2.3 per 100 inh. 18–64), −1.8 percentage points compared with the Belgian figure (4.1 per 100 inh. 18–64).

Change 2017–2025

From 3.3 per 100 inhabitants aged 18 to 64 in 2017 to 2.3 per 100 inhabitants aged 18 to 64 in 2025 (−1.0 percentage points).