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Costa da Caparica

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Parish of the municipality of Almada (Almada), district of Setúbal.

Costa da Caparica had 13.968 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 27,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 2,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Almada.

Population (inh.)
  • 13.968
  • 26.345
  • 39.584
  • 48.608
  • 48.733
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.372,1
  • 1.572,8
  • 1.677,6
  • 5.023,4
  • 7.903,7
Area (km²)
  • 6,2
  • 7,9
  • 10,2
  • 16,8
  • 29,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Almada

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Costa da Caparica13.96810,181.372,1
2União das freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas48.6086,157.903,7
3União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria26.34516,751.572,8
4União das freguesias de Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda48.73329,051.677,6
5União das freguesias de Laranjeiro e Feijó39.5847,885.023,4
Code (DTMNFR)
150303
Resident population (2021)
13.968
Area
10,18 km²
Density
1.372,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 5

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
6.640 (47,5%)
Women
7.328 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
12.398 (88,8%)
Foreign nationality
1.570 (11,2%)
Ageing index
201,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
6.706
Average household size *
2,08 people
Dwellings
13.833
Classic family dwellings
13.765
Buildings
3.162
Buildings with 7 or more floors
119
With higher education (15+)
27,8% (3.408)
Unemployment rate *
10,37% (H 9,45% · M 11,28%)
Active / employed population
6.487 / 5.814

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.731 (12,4%); 15-24 years: 1.190 (8,5%); 25-64 years: 7.565 (54,2%); 65+ years: 3.482 (24,9%)0-141.731 · 12,4%15-241.190 · 8,5%25-647.565 · 54,2%65+3.482 · 24,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (13.968).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.731931800
15-24 years1.190628562
25-64 years7.5653.5654.000
65+ years3.4821.5161.966

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Almada
2,7 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
12.290
Voters
6.339
Turnout
51,58% (2021: 45,65%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
1.44422,78%4
PS
Partido Socialista
1.09717,31%3
MFC
Movimento Futuro da Costa - Independentes pela Costa da Caparica
1.03616,34%2
CH
CHEGA
96815,27%2
MC
Mais Costa - Cidadãos por Ti
68210,76%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
5719,01%1
BE.L
Almada em Comum - Coligação Bloco de Esquerda e LIVRE
2634,15%0
IL
Iniciativa Liberal
1422,24%0
Blank votes661,04%
Null votes701,10%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Av.ª 1º de Maio, N.º 9 - B
Costa da Caparica (ALMADA)
2829-504 COSTA DE CAPARICA
Telephone
212 911 089/91
Email
jfccaparicageral@gmail.com
Website
www.jf-costacaparica.pt

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Virgem Maria
Coordinates
38,64458, -9,23556
Official website
www.costacaparica.freguesias.pt
Wikipedia
Costa de Caparica
Wikidata
Q598662

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026