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Luz de Tavira

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Parish of the municipality of Tavira (Tavira), district of Faro.

Luz de Tavira had 3.411 residents in the 2021 Census, 31,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 11,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 15,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Tavira.

Population (inh.)
  • 471 – 1.319
  • 1.461 – 1.589
  • 1.873
  • 1.967 – 3.411
  • 15.432
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,3 – 15,9
  • 31,7 – 46,1
  • 104,3
  • 109,0 – 186,9
  • 197,2
Area (km²)
  • 7,4 – 8,5
  • 28,6 – 31,3
  • 62,0
  • 117,6 – 148,0
  • 203,5
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 8 parishes of Tavira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Cabanas de Tavira1.4617,41197,2
2Cachopo471203,532,3
3Conceição1.96762,0331,7
4Luz de Tavira3.41131,30109,0
5Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo1.873117,5915,9
6Santa Luzia1.5898,50186,9
7Santo Estêvão1.31928,6146,1
8União das freguesias de Tavira (Santa Maria e Santiago)15.432147,99104,3
Code (DTMNFR)
081415
Resident population (2021)
3.411
Area
31,30 km²
Density
109,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 8

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
1.716 (50,3%)
Women
1.695 (49,7%)
Portuguese nationality
2.844 (83,4%)
Foreign nationality
567 (16,6%)
Ageing index
326,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.407
Dwellings
2.431
Classic family dwellings
2.425
Buildings
2.092
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
11,3% (349)
Unemployment rate †
9,54%
Active / employed population
1.489 / 1.347

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 327 (9,6%); 15-24 years: 294 (8,6%); 25-64 years: 1.723 (50,5%); 65+ years: 1.067 (31,3%)0-14327 · 9,6%15-24294 · 8,6%25-641.723 · 50,5%65+1.067 · 31,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.411).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years327163164
15-24 years294153141
25-64 years1.723908815
65+ years1.067492575

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

Moncarapacho (Olhão) · Santo Estêvão · União das freguesias de Tavira (Santa Maria e Santiago) · Santa Luzia

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Tavira
15,2 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
2.746
Voters
1.541
Turnout
56,12%
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		75148,73%5
PS
Partido Socialista		64641,92%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		644,15%0
Blank votes503,24%
Null votes301,95%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

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 Nossa Senhora da Luz n.º 1
Tavira
8800-113 Luz de Tavira
Email
geral@jf-luzdetavira.pt

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