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Parish of the municipality of Cascais (Cascais), district of Lisboa.

Alcabideche had 44.165 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 23,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 2,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Cascais.

Population (inh.)
  • 44.165
  • 46.529
  • 59.238
  • 64.192
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.110,5
  • 2.201,4
  • 2.909,5
  • 5.737,2
Area (km²)
  • 8,1
  • 20,4
  • 29,2
  • 39,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Cascais

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alcabideche44.16539,771.110,5
2São Domingos de Rana59.23820,362.909,5
3União das freguesias de Carcavelos e Parede46.5298,115.737,2
4União das freguesias de Cascais e Estoril64.19229,162.201,4
Code (DTMNFR)
110501
Resident population (2021)
44.165
Area
39,77 km²
Density
1.110,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
20,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 4

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
21.051 (47,7%)
Women
23.114 (52,3%)
Portuguese nationality
39.687 (89,9%)
Foreign nationality
4.474 (10,1%)
Stateless
4 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
133,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
16.615
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
20.190
Classic family dwellings
20.150
Buildings
10.824
Buildings with 7 or more floors
114
With higher education (15+)
23,8% (8.911)
Unemployment rate *
9,11% (H 8,84% · M 9,36%)
Active / employed population
20.433 / 18.572

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 6.687 (15,1%); 15-24 years: 5.235 (11,9%); 25-64 years: 23.299 (52,8%); 65+ years: 8.944 (20,3%)0-146.687 · 15,1%15-245.235 · 11,9%25-6423.299 · 52,8%65+8.944 · 20,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (44.165).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years6.6873.4073.280
15-24 years5.2352.7442.491
25-64 years23.29911.13112.168
65+ years8.9443.7695.175

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

União das freguesias de Cascais e Estoril · União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim) (Sintra) · Colares (Sintra) · São Domingos de Rana

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Cascais
2,6 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
36.428
Voters
17.578
Turnout
48,25% (2021: 42,28%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
Viva Cascais		6.91739,35%9
CH
CHEGA		2.91616,59%4
PS
Partido Socialista		2.73115,54%3
Jonet
Jonet - Cascais para Viver		1.93411,00%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		9205,23%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		6183,52%0
BE.L.PAN
Futuro em Comum		6053,44%0
ND/NC
ANTÓNIO PINTO PEREIRA - MUDAR CASCAIS		5252,99%0
Blank votes2431,38%
Null votes1690,96%

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

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
Praceta do Moinho
Alcabideche
2645-060 ALCABIDECHE
Telephone
214603212
Fax
214603239
Email
info@jf-alcabideche.pt
Website
www.jf-alcabideche.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,73742, -9,39959
Official website
www.jf-alcabideche.pt
Wikipedia
Alcabideche
Wikidata
Q1826465

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