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Parish of the municipality of Ourique (Ourique), district of Beja.

Santa Luzia had 292 residents in the 2021 Census, 36,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 5,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 13,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ourique.

Population (inh.)
  • 292
  • 488
  • 595
  • 660
  • 2.804
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3,4
  • 3,5
  • 8,4
  • 11,2
  • 13,5
Area (km²)
  • 34,9
  • 44,2
  • 143,5
  • 190,9
  • 249,7
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 Ourique

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Garvão59544,2313,5
2Ourique2.804249,7011,2
3Santa Luzia29234,918,4
4Santana da Serra660190,943,5
5União das freguesias de Panoias e Conceição488143,533,4
Code (DTMNFR)
021210
Resident population (2021)
292
Area
34,91 km²
Density
8,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,0%
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
130 (44,5%)
Women
162 (55,5%)
Portuguese nationality
285 (97,6%)
Foreign nationality
7 (2,4%)
Ageing index
350,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
125
Dwellings
287
Classic family dwellings
286
Buildings
274
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
5,3% (14)
Unemployment rate †
4,84%
Active / employed population
124 / 118

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 30 (10,3%); 15-24 years: 28 (9,6%); 25-64 years: 129 (44,2%); 65+ years: 105 (36,0%)0-1430 · 10,3%15-2428 · 9,6%25-64129 · 44,2%65+105 · 36,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (292).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years30723
15-24 years281315
25-64 years1297158
65+ years1053966

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ourique
13,6 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
262
Voters
202
Turnout
77,10%
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
14069,31%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
3014,85%1
CH
CHEGA
2713,37%1
Blank votes00,00%
Null votes52,48%

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
Largo do Poço da Praça n.º 6
Santa Luzia
7670-503 Santa Luzia ORQ
Email
juntadefreguesiadesantaluzia@gmail.com

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

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