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Águas Santas

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Parish of the municipality of Maia (Maia), district of Porto.

Águas Santas had 26.632 residents in the 2021 Census, 18,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 21,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 4,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Maia.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.816 – 3.600
  • 4.762 – 6.004
  • 8.342 – 11.564
  • 13.093 – 18.587
  • 26.632 – 40.534
Density (inh./km²)
  • 356,1 – 385,6
  • 934,5 – 941,5
  • 1.010,8 – 1.322,8
  • 1.510,2 – 3.247,8
  • 3.890,0 – 4.552,8
Area (km²)
  • 2,5 – 3,6
  • 4,7 – 5,9
  • 8,2 – 8,7
  • 8,9 – 10,1
  • 10,4 – 19,9
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 Maia

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Castêlo da Maia18.58719,89934,5
2Cidade da Maia40.53410,423.890,0
3Folgosa3.60010,11356,1
4Milheirós4.7623,601.322,8
5Moreira13.0938,671.510,2
6Nogueira e Silva Escura8.3428,86941,5
7Pedrouços11.5642,544.552,8
8São Pedro Fins1.8164,71385,6
9Vila Nova da Telha6.0045,941.010,8
10Águas Santas26.6328,203.247,8
Code (DTMNFR)
130601
Resident population (2021)
26.632
Area
8,20 km²
Density
3.247,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
19,7%
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
12.608 (47,3%)
Women
14.024 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
25.962 (97,5%)
Foreign nationality
670 (2,5%)
Ageing index
143,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
10.517
Average household size *
2,52 people
Dwellings
11.867
Classic family dwellings
11.852
Buildings
4.213
Buildings with 7 or more floors
151
With higher education (15+)
21,2% (4.894)
Unemployment rate *
9,73% (H 8,52% · M 10,91%)
Active / employed population
13.548 / 12.230

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.514 (13,2%); 15-24 years: 3.073 (11,5%); 25-64 years: 14.999 (56,3%); 65+ years: 5.046 (18,9%)0-143.514 · 13,2%15-243.073 · 11,5%25-6414.999 · 56,3%65+5.046 · 18,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (26.632).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.5141.7751.739
15-24 years3.0731.5591.514
25-64 years14.9997.0357.964
65+ years5.0462.2392.807

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

Ermesinde (Valongo) · Milheirós · Pedrouços · Rio Tinto (Gondomar) · Nogueira e Silva Escura · São Mamede de Infesta (Matosinhos) · Cidade da Maia

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Maia
4,5 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
23.441
Voters
13.278
Turnout
56,64% (2021: 47,67%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		5.22939,38%9
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
MAIA EM PRIMEIRO		4.54434,22%8
CH
CHEGA		1.60812,11%2
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		5494,13%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		4313,25%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		2571,94%0
JPP
Juntos pelo Povo		2071,56%0
Blank votes2812,12%
Null votes1721,30%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

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 Joaquim de Vasconcelos
ÁGUAS SANTAS
4425-455 MAIA
Telephone
229710001
Email
geral@jf-aguassantas.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,21017, -8,57427
Official website
www.jf-aguassantas.pt
Wikipedia
Águas Santas (Maia)
Wikidata
Q249827

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