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

Santa Bárbara had 2.031 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 14,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 5,7 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lourinhã.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.486 – 1.506
  • 1.565 – 1.671
  • 1.820 – 2.031
  • 2.160 – 3.479
  • 10.522
Density (inh./km²)
  • 67,3 – 74,9
  • 95,3 – 178,7
  • 221,1 – 244,3
  • 269,6 – 270,1
  • 353,5
Area (km²)
  • 6,1 – 7,1
  • 7,5 – 7,5
  • 15,6 – 19,5
  • 20,1 – 24,8
  • 39,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Lourinhã

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Atalaia1.8207,45244,3
2Lourinhã10.52239,03269,6
3Moita dos Ferreiros1.67124,8367,3
4Reguengo Grande1.48615,5995,3
5Ribamar2.1606,11353,5
6Santa Bárbara2.0317,52270,1
7União das freguesias de Miragaia e Marteleira3.47919,47178,7
8União das freguesias de São Bartolomeu dos Galegos e Moledo1.50620,1074,9
9Vimeiro1.5657,08221,1
Code (DTMNFR)
110806
Resident population (2021)
2.031
Area
7,52 km²
Density
270,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 9

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
977 (48,1%)
Women
1.054 (51,9%)
Portuguese nationality
1.970 (97,0%)
Foreign nationality
61 (3,0%)
Ageing index
133,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
780
Average household size *
2,52 people
Dwellings
1.083
Classic family dwellings
1.082
Buildings
981
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
14,5% (245)
Unemployment rate *
5,64% (H 5,48% · M 5,79%)
Active / employed population
905 / 854

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 336 (16,5%); 15-24 years: 201 (9,9%); 25-64 years: 1.045 (51,5%); 65+ years: 449 (22,1%)0-14336 · 16,5%15-24201 · 9,9%25-641.045 · 51,5%65+449 · 22,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.031).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years336179157
15-24 years20192109
25-64 years1.045504541
65+ years449202247

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

Vimeiro · Ribamar · Lourinhã · União das freguesias de Miragaia e Marteleira · Maceira (Torres Vedras) · Atalaia

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lourinhã
5,7 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
1.761
Voters
1.212
Turnout
68,82% (2021: 63,34%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD LOURINHÃ - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		69857,59%6
PS
Partido Socialista		34828,71%3
CH
CHEGA		998,17%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		262,15%0
Blank votes221,82%
Null votes191,57%

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 Padre António Marcelino, N.º 8, Marquiteira
Santa Bárbara (LOURINHÃ)
2530-746 SANTA BÁRBARA
Telephone
261461006
Fax
261461571
Email
geral@jf-santabarbara.pt
Website
www.jf-santabarbara.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,21000, -9,31389
Wikipedia
Santa Bárbara (Lourinhã)
Wikidata
Q2118840

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