Gafanha do Carmo

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

Gafanha do Carmo had 1.691 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 4,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ílhavo.

Population (inh.)

1.691
5.318
15.551
16.675

Density (inh./km²)

239,9
427,6
484,3
945,9

Area (km²)

7,1
11,0
16,4
39,0

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 Ílhavo

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Gafanha da Encarnação	5.318	10,98	484,3
2	Gafanha da Nazaré	15.551	16,44	945,9
3	Gafanha do Carmo	1.691	7,05	239,9
4	Ílhavo (São Salvador)	16.675	39,00	427,6

Code (DTMNFR): 011007
Resident population (2021): 1.691
Area: 7,05 km²
Density: 239,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 4,3%
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: 820 (48,5%)
Women: 871 (51,5%)
Portuguese nationality: 1.642 (97,1%)
Foreign nationality: 49 (2,9%)
Ageing index: 161,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 600
Average household size *: 2,77 people
Dwellings: 894
Classic family dwellings: 885
Buildings: 822
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 0
With higher education (15+): 11,3% (165)
Unemployment rate *: 6,69% (H 5,51% · M 7,98%)
Active / employed population: 732 / 683

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (1.691).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	236	112	124
15-24 years	182	96	86
25-64 years	892	439	453
65+ years	381	173	208

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

Gafanha da Boa Hora (Vagos) · Gafanha da Encarnação · Ílhavo (São Salvador)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ílhavo: 4,2 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: 1.788
Voters: 1.082
Turnout: 60,51% (2021: 55,69%)
Seats: 9

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS	548	50,65%	5
PS Partido Socialista	370	34,20%	3
UPF UNIR PARA FAZER	122	11,28%	1
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	6	0,55%	0
Blank votes	23	2,13%
Null votes	13	1,20%

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: Rua da Igreja N.º4
Gafanha do Carmo (ÌLHAVO)
3830-408 GAFANHA DO CARMO
Telephone: 234391131
Fax: 234368819
Email: juntacarmo@gmail.com

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

More information

Coordinates: 40,58528, -8,74472
Wikipedia: Gafanha do Carmo
Wikidata: Q2259700

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 23 schools in the municipality of Ílhavo. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 23.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Aveiro / Universidade (IPMA no. 702), 8,8 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	10,7	14,6	6,8	132,7
Feb	11,5	15,6	7,4	87,0
Mar	13,5	17,6	9,4	81,3
Apr	14,7	18,6	10,9	95,5
May	16,9	20,8	13,1	75,0
Jun	19,1	22,8	15,4	27,9
Jul	20,2	24,0	16,4	11,6
Aug	20,5	24,5	16,4	19,9
Sep	19,5	23,7	15,4	51,3
Oct	17,4	21,4	13,4	132,4
Nov	13,7	17,3	10,0	134,7
Dec	11,6	15,4	7,8	126,1
Year	15,8	—	—	975,5

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral. Station altitude: 3,6 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Ílhavo the median value in 2025 is 8,20 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 3830-408 (Rua da Igreja N.º4, Gafanha do Carmo (ÌLHAVO), 3830-408 GAFANHA DO CARMO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Aveiro): 234. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 234391131.

Public bodies

Junta de Gafanha do Carmo — Rua da Igreja N.º4, Gafanha do Carmo (ÌLHAVO), 3830-408 GAFANHA DO CARMO · 3830-408 · 234391131 · [email protected]

Câmara Municipal de Ílhavo — Presidente: Rui Manuel da Silva Pedro Moreira Dias · Av. 25 de Abril, 3830-044 Ílhavo · 3830-044 · 234329600 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-ilhavo.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Ílhavo

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