Barcarena

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

Barcarena had 14.451 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 31,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 2,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Oeiras.

Population (inh.)

14.451
15.098
36.079
47.936
58.094

Density (inh./km²)

1.603,9
2.057,0
4.095,2
4.293,7
6.676,3

Area (km²)

7,2
7,3
8,8
9,0
13,5

Quantile classes · current parish

Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Oeiras

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Barcarena	14.451	9,01	1.603,9
2	Porto Salvo	15.098	7,34	2.057,0
3	União das freguesias de Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo	47.936	7,18	6.676,3
4	União das freguesias de Carnaxide e Queijas	36.079	8,81	4.095,2
5	União das freguesias de Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias	58.094	13,53	4.293,7

Code (DTMNFR): 111002
Resident population (2021): 14.451
Area: 9,01 km²
Density: 1.603,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 8,4%
Rank in the municipality (population): 5th of 5

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: 6.978 (48,3%)
Women: 7.473 (51,7%)
Portuguese nationality: 13.834 (95,7%)
Foreign nationality: 617 (4,3%)
Ageing index: 121,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 5.792
Average household size *: 2,46 people
Dwellings: 6.643
Classic family dwellings: 6.633
Buildings: 2.484
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 17
With higher education (15+): 31,3% (3.798)
Unemployment rate *: 6,96% (H 6,93% · M 6,99%)
Active / employed population: 7.194 / 6.693

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (14.451).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	2.301	1.192	1.109
15-24 years	1.564	826	738
25-64 years	7.798	3.742	4.056
65+ years	2.788	1.218	1.570

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

Porto Salvo · União das freguesias de Carnaxide e Queijas · União das freguesias de Massamá e Monte Abraão (Sintra) · União das freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos (Sintra) · Queluz (Sintra) · União das freguesias de Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias · Venteira (Amadora)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Oeiras: 2,1 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: 12.326
Voters: 7.690
Turnout: 62,39% (2021: 55,50%)
Seats: 13

List	Votes	%	Seats
INOV25 Inovar Barcarena 25	4.194	54,54%	8
PS - PAN PS e PAN - EM OEIRAS TODOS CONTAM	1.063	13,82%	2
CH CHEGA	973	12,65%	2
L.BE.VP Coligação EVOLUIR OEIRAS	479	6,23%	1
IL Iniciativa Liberal	389	5,06%	0
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	327	4,25%	0
Blank votes	179	2,33%
Null votes	86	1,12%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: INOV25.

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: Largo 5 de Outubro
Barcarena (OEIRAS)
2730-046 BARCARENA
Telephone: 214226980
Fax: 214226989
Email: geral@barcarena.pt
Website: www.barcarena.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 38,73326, -9,28279
Official website: www.jf-barcarena.pt
Wikipedia: Barcarena (Oeiras)
Wikidata: Q807903

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 57 schools in the municipality of Oeiras. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 57.

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6 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Atlântica - Instituto Universitário — Ensino Superior Privado - Universitário · Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena 2730-036 · 214398203;214398202
Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Eng. Bonneville Franco 2770-058
Escola Superior de Saúde Atlântica — Ensino Superior Privado - Politécnico · Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena 2730-036 · 214398200
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Avenida da República 2781-901 · 214469100
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Motricidade Humana — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Estrada da Costa 1495-688 · 214149100
Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico (Taguspark) — Ensino Superior Público - Universitário · Av. Prof. Doutor Aníbal Cavaco Silva 2744-016 · 214233200

See in the catalogue

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

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão de Barcarena — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 17:00 · Largo 5 de Outubro, 27 2730-047 Oeiras 2730-047
Espaço Cidadão de Linda-a-Velha — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Linda-a - Velha · Dolce Vita Central Park, Loja C1,19/20, Av, 25 de Abril de 1974, nº 4 2795-195 Oeiras 2795-195

There are 5 in the municipality in total.

See all in the catalogue

Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Lisboa / Tapada (IPMA no. 762), 8,9 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	11,6	15,3	7,9	89,7
Feb	12,3	16,4	8,1	69,9
Mar	14,3	18,8	9,7	60,5
Apr	15,4	20,2	10,7	56,1
May	17,9	22,9	12,9	46,1
Jun	20,7	26,2	15,2	12,4
Jul	22,6	28,4	16,8	2,4
Aug	23,2	29,0	17,5	4,0
Sep	21,4	26,7	16,2	32,4
Oct	18,6	23,0	14,3	93,5
Nov	14,8	18,4	11,2	107,3
Dec	12,4	15,9	8,9	93,4
Year	17,1	—	—	667,8

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. Station altitude: 70,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

Median rent of new contracts in Barcarena, 2025: 12,17 €/m².

In the municipality of Oeiras the median value in 2025 is 15,02 €/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: 2730-046 (Largo 5 de Outubro, Barcarena (OEIRAS), 2730-046 BARCARENA).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Lisboa): 21. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 214226980.

Public bodies

Junta de Barcarena — Largo 5 de Outubro, Barcarena (OEIRAS), 2730-046 BARCARENA · 2730-046 · 214226980 · [email protected] · http://www.barcarena.pt

Câmara Municipal de Oeiras — Presidente: Isaltino Afonso Morais · Largo Marquês de Pombal, 2784-501 Oeiras · 2784-501 · 214408300 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-oeiras.pt

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

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