District of Aveiro

District of Aveiro had 700.787 residents in the 2021 Census (sum of municipalities).

Population (inh.)

10.476 – 19.348
21.146 – 22.886
23.132 – 27.532
31.043 – 54.953
66.175 – 136.674

Density (inh./km²)

64,3 – 135,5
137,6 – 144,4
156,4 – 264,9
372,1 – 534,0
633,1 – 2.788,8

Area (km²)

7,9 – 73,5
87,3 – 115,0
129,9 – 158,8
161,1 – 215,9
216,6 – 335,3

Quantile classes

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The 19 municipalities of the district of Aveiro

Sorted by resident population. Click a column header to sort. Hover a row to highlight it on the map.

#	Municipality	Population	% district	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²	Parishes
1	Santa Maria da Feira	136.674	19,5%	215,88	633,1	28
2	Aveiro	80.954	11,6%	197,58	409,7	10
3	Oliveira de Azeméis	66.175	9,4%	161,10	410,8	13
4	Ovar	54.953	7,8%	147,70	372,1	8
5	Águeda	46.119	6,6%	335,27	137,6	15
6	Ílhavo	39.235	5,6%	73,48	534,0	4
7	Espinho	31.043	4,4%	21,06	1.474,0	5
8	Anadia	27.532	3,9%	216,63	127,1	10
9	Estarreja	26.213	3,7%	108,17	242,3	6
10	Albergaria-a-Velha	24.840	3,5%	158,83	156,4	6
11	Oliveira do Bairro	23.132	3,3%	87,32	264,9	4
12	Vagos	22.886	3,3%	164,92	138,8	11
13	São João da Madeira	22.143	3,2%	7,94	2.788,8	1
14	Vale de Cambra	21.269	3,0%	147,33	144,4	7
15	Arouca	21.146	3,0%	329,11	64,3	16
16	Mealhada	19.348	2,8%	110,66	174,8	8
17	Castelo de Paiva	15.586	2,2%	115,01	135,5	9
18	Sever do Vouga	11.063	1,6%	129,88	85,2	9
19	Murtosa	10.476	1,5%	73,09	143,3	4

INE code: 01
Regions (NUTS II): Centro / Norte
Population: 700.787
Area: 2.800,94 km²
Density: 250,2 inh./km²
Municipalities: 19
Parishes: 174
Telephone code: Aveiro (234)

2021 Census in detail

Men: 335.788 (47,9%)
Women: 364.999 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality: 680.205 (97,1%)
Foreign nationality: 20.576 (2,9%)
Stateless: 6 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index: 189,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 270.370
Dwellings: 358.103
Buildings: 257.230
With higher education (15+): 17,0% (104.310)
Unemployment rate †: 6,26%

Population by age group

Residents by age group (700.787 in total).

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — soma dos concelhos do distrito — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014632, licence CC BY 4.0. † Calculated: (active − employed) ÷ active × 100. Note: Os distritos do continente não existem como nível na geografia NUTS 2024 dos Censos 2021 na API do INE; estes totais são a soma dos concelhos do distrito (valores oficiais do INE por concelho).

Neighbouring districts

Coimbra · Porto · Viseu

Source: DGT, CAOP2025 — distritos adjacentes (continente) via limites de concelhos (licence CC BY 4.0).

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente, ind. 0014525, via dados.gov.pt); DGT, CAOP2025 (área e freguesias)

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