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Parish of the municipality of Aveiro (Aveiro), district of Aveiro.

Esgueira had 13.422 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 25,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 1,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Aveiro.

Population (inh.)
  • 758 – 4.361
  • 4.734 – 5.273
  • 6.159 – 6.830
  • 8.035 – 10.132
  • 13.422 – 21.250
Density (inh./km²)
  • 54,8 – 134,8
  • 191,1 – 274,3
  • 393,5 – 467,2
  • 784,5 – 1.161,9
  • 1.338,3 – 1.361,9
Area (km²)
  • 3,9 – 5,9
  • 8,7 – 12,0
  • 13,8 – 17,1
  • 22,5 – 32,4
  • 35,8 – 45,5
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Aveiro

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Aradas10.1328,721.161,9
2Cacia6.83035,75191,1
3Eixo e Eirol6.15922,45274,3
4Esgueira13.42217,11784,5
5Oliveirinha4.73412,03393,5
6Requeixo, Nossa Senhora de Fátima e Nariz4.36132,36134,8
7Santa Joana8.0355,901.361,9
8São Bernardo5.2733,941.338,3
9São Jacinto75813,8454,8
10União das freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz21.25045,48467,2
Code (DTMNFR)
010505
Resident population (2021)
13.422
Area
17,11 km²
Density
784,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
16,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 10

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
6.348 (47,3%)
Women
7.074 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
12.638 (94,2%)
Foreign nationality
784 (5,8%)
Ageing index
144,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
5.391
Dwellings
6.474
Classic family dwellings
6.461
Buildings
3.248
Buildings with 7 or more floors
52
With higher education (15+)
25,0% (2.914)
Unemployment rate †
5,88%
Active / employed population
6.926 / 6.519

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.786 (13,3%); 15-24 years: 1.461 (10,9%); 25-64 years: 7.600 (56,6%); 65+ years: 2.575 (19,2%)0-141.786 · 13,3%15-241.461 · 10,9%25-647.600 · 56,6%65+2.575 · 19,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (13.422).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.786927859
15-24 years1.461738723
25-64 years7.6003.5814.019
65+ years2.5751.1021.473

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Cacia · União das freguesias de Glória e Vera Cruz · Eixo e Eirol · Angeja (Albergaria-a-Velha) · Santa Joana · São João de Loure e Frossos (Albergaria-a-Velha)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Aveiro
1,9 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
11.623
Voters
5.989
Turnout
51,53% (2021: 44,17%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM
ALIANÇA COM AVEIRO		2.11635,33%6
PS
Partido Socialista		2.10435,13%5
CH
CHEGA		72812,16%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		3005,01%0
L
LIVRE		1732,89%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1582,64%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1432,39%0
Blank votes1983,31%
Null votes691,15%

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

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
Rua Bento de Moura, N.º 34
Esgueira (AVEIRO)
3800-314 ESGUEIRA
Telephone
234311170
Fax
234314155
Email
jfesgueira@gmail.com
Website
www.jf-esgueira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,64600, -8,62900
Wikipedia
Esgueira
Wikidata
Q2258588

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