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Albufeira e Olhos de Água

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

Albufeira e Olhos de Água had 28.641 residents in the 2021 Census, 17,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 4,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Albufeira.

Population (inh.)
  • 3.498
  • 4.758
  • 7.267
  • 28.641
Density (inh./km²)
  • 66,6
  • 190,6
  • 330,9
  • 695,5
Area (km²)
  • 22,0
  • 25,0
  • 41,2
  • 52,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Albufeira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Albufeira e Olhos de Água28.64141,18695,5
2Ferreiras7.26721,96330,9
3Guia4.75824,97190,6
4Paderne3.49852,5666,6
Code (DTMNFR)
080106
Resident population (2021)
28.641
Area
41,18 km²
Density
695,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
64,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 4

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
13.922 (48,6%)
Women
14.719 (51,4%)
Portuguese nationality
22.056 (77,0%)
Foreign nationality
6.579 (23,0%)
Stateless
6 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
128,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
11.713
Average household size *
2,42 people
Dwellings
32.939
Classic family dwellings
32.907
Buildings
11.598
Buildings with 7 or more floors
83
With higher education (15+)
16,0% (3.973)
Unemployment rate *
22,28% (H 19,59% · M 24,95%)
Active / employed population
14.154 / 11.001

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.855 (13,5%); 15-24 years: 3.152 (11,0%); 25-64 years: 16.691 (58,3%); 65+ years: 4.943 (17,3%)0-143.855 · 13,5%15-243.152 · 11,0%25-6416.691 · 58,3%65+4.943 · 17,3%
Residents by age group and share of the total (28.641).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.8551.9871.868
15-24 years3.1521.6961.456
25-64 years16.6917.9468.745
65+ years4.9432.2932.650

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

Ferreiras · Guia · Quarteira (Loulé) · Boliqueime (Loulé)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Albufeira
4,2 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
25.306
Voters
11.146
Turnout
44,04% (2021: 37,76%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
CH
CHEGA		4.38039,30%8
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
SER ALBUFEIRA - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		3.67933,01%7
PS.L.BE.PAN
ALBUFEIRA É TUA		2.07918,65%4
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		4784,29%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2782,49%0
Blank votes1521,36%
Null votes1000,90%

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

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de vermelho, torre de prata lavrada de negro, aberta e iluminada do campo entre duas fontes heráldicas, com meio sol de ouro firmado e movente do bordo do chefe; ponta ondada de cinco tiras de prata e verde. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata com legenda a maiúsculas de negro "ALBUFEIRA E OLHOS DE ÁGUA"

Flag: amarela. Cordões e borlas de vermelho e ouro. Haste e lança de ouro

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Albufeira e Olhos de Água"

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 755/2014, Diário da República n.º 157/2014, Série II de 2014-08-18 (issuer: Freguesia de Albufeira e Olhos de Água). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Bartolomeu Dias - Edificio os Lusiadas, Loja 2 - Cerro da Alagoa
Albufeira
8201-917 ALBUFEIRA
Telephone
289513895
Fax
289586791
Email
geral@jf-albufeiraeolhosagua.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
37,08900, -8,24600
Wikipedia
Albufeira e Olhos de Água
Wikidata
Q16487416

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