Skip to content

Where in Brussels are Middle Eastern names?

19.2% of classified records in Brussels are assigned to the Middle Eastern category. That makes it the 2nd largest of 8 non-local categories in the city. 19 neighbourhoods have published Middle Eastern shares. The combined share in covered Belgium cities is 12.5%. Based on IndoEuroMap data, not census data.

Content updated · By Bernat Sampera

Koekelberg: 26.1%Ganshoren: 26.6%Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node: 32.7%Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe: 7.9%Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek: 29.9%Forest - Vorst: 17.8%Etterbeek: 12.7%Jette: 21.2%Evere: 26.3%Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe: 10.7%Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem: 22.6%Anderlecht: 29%Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde: 6.6%Auderghem - Oudergem: 9.1%Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek: 42.1%Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis: 12.6%Ixelles - Elsene: 13.9%Uccle - Ukkel: 9.5%Bruxelles - Brussel: 19.2%0%15%+no data or suppressed
IndoEuroMap data. A category percentage is its share of retained classified source records. It is not a percentage of residents. Method: how IndoEuroMap classifies records.
Brussels: 39,463 classified records in 19 neighbourhoods. 19 neighbourhoods have a published share for this category. The table ranks them by that share.
NeighbourhoodMiddle Eastern shareMiddle Eastern recordsClassified records
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 42.1% 734 1,745
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node 32.7% 484 1,481
Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek 29.9% 684 2,289
Anderlecht 29% 624 2,152
Ganshoren 26.6% 495 1,862
Evere 26.3% 524 1,989
Koekelberg 26.1% 475 1,821
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem 22.6% 410 1,815
Jette 21.2% 438 2,069
Bruxelles - Brussel 19.2% 493 2,572
Forest - Vorst 17.8% 357 2,007
Ixelles - Elsene 13.9% 330 2,374
Etterbeek 12.7% 298 2,345
Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis 12.6% 261 2,074
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe 10.7% 253 2,369
Uccle - Ukkel 9.5% 200 2,113
Auderghem - Oudergem 9.1% 196 2,163
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe 7.9% 175 2,215
Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde 6.6% 132 2,008

More about Brussels

Share