Editing Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (section)

===Foreign population===
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+Largest groups of foreign residents (2020)<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://ibsa.brussels/themes/population/nationalites |title=Nationalités {{!}} IBSA |publisher=Brussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis |language=fr |access-date=10 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
! Country
! Population
|-
|{{flagu|Morocco}} || 5,960
|-
|{{flagu|Romania}} || 4,242
|-
|{{flagu|Spain}} || 2,255
|-
|{{flagu|France}} || 1,956
|-
|{{flagu|Italy}} || 1,759
|-
|{{flagu|Syria}} || 1,666
|-
|{{flagu|Poland}} || 1,040
|}

The population has been described as "mainly [[Islam in Belgium|Muslim]]" in the media;<ref name="Ind-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-terror-attacks-visiting-molenbeek-the-police-no-go-zone-that-was-home-to-two-of-the-gunmen-a6735551.html|title=Paris attacks: Visiting Molenbeek, the police no-go zone that was home to two of the gunmen|date=17 November 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref> however, actual figures are estimated to range between 25% and 40%, depending on the [[catchment area]].<ref name=":9" /> Belgium does not collect statistics by religious beliefs, so exact figures are unknown, but the Muslim minority in the community is visibly significant.{{sfn|Torrekens|2007}}

{{As of|2016}}, there is one main minority group in Molenbeek, [[Moroccans in Belgium|Belgian Moroccans]] (mainly [[Riffian people|Riffian]] and other [[Berbers]]). That year, [[Françoise Schepmans]], then-mayor of Molenbeek, stated that the lack of diversity in the foreign population of Molenbeek and the fact they are all clustered in the same area is a problem.<ref name="Capadites">{{cite web|author=Capadites, Christina|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/molenbeek-and-schaerbeek-brussels-belgium-a-tale-of-two-terror-tragedies/|title=Molenbeek and Schaerbeek: A tale of two tragedies|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=2016-04-11|access-date=2016-09-12}}</ref> Nearly 40% of young people in Molenbeek are [[Unemployment|unemployed]]. The municipality lies in a semi-circle of neighbourhoods in Brussels often referred to as the "poor croissant".<ref name="Capadites" />

{{As of|2023}}, taking into account the nationality of birth of the parents, 69.16% of Molenbeek's population is of non-European origin (predominantly Moroccan and Syrian), 17.49% of European origin other than Belgian (mainly Romanian, Spanish, French, Italian, and Polish), while 13.31% is solely of native Belgian ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origin {{!}} Statbel |url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population/origin#figures |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=statbel.fgov.be}}</ref> Among all major migrant groups from outside the EU, a majority of the permanent residents have acquired Belgian nationality.<ref>{{cite web |title=2.738.486 inwoners van vreemde afkomst in België op 01/01/2012 |trans-title=2,738,486 inhabitants of foreign origin in Belgium on 01/01/2012 |url=http://www.npdata.be/BuG/155-Vreemde-afkomst/Vreemde-afkomst.htm |access-date=12 March 2013 |website=Npdata.be |language=nl |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022180710/http://www.npdata.be/BuG/155-Vreemde-afkomst/Vreemde-afkomst.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Group of origin
! colspan="2" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origin {{!}} Statbel |url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population/origin#documents |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=statbel.fgov.be}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|-
!Belgians with Belgian background
|'''13,083'''
!13.31%
|-
!Belgians with foreign background
|56,630
!57.63%
|-
|Neighbouring country
|1,873
|1.91%
|-
|EU27 (excluding neighbouring country)
|3,338
|3.4%
|-
|Outside EU 27
|51,419
|52.32%
|-
!Non-Belgians
|28,557
!29.06%
|-
|Neighbouring country
|2,301
|2.34%
|-
|EU27 (excluding neighbouring country)
|9,709
|9.88%
|-
|Outside EU 27
|16,547
|16.84%
|-
|
|
|
|-
!Total
|'''98,270'''
!100%
|}