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União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria

Parish of the municipality of Almada (Almada), district of Setúbal.

União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria had 26.345 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 3,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Almada.

Population (inh.)
  • 13.968
  • 26.345
  • 39.584
  • 48.608
  • 48.733
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.372,1
  • 1.572,8
  • 1.677,6
  • 5.023,4
  • 7.903,7
Area (km²)
  • 6,2
  • 7,9
  • 10,2
  • 16,8
  • 29,1
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 Almada

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Costa da Caparica13.96810,181.372,1
2União das freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas48.6086,157.903,7
3União das freguesias de Caparica e Trafaria26.34516,751.572,8
4União das freguesias de Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda48.73329,051.677,6
5União das freguesias de Laranjeiro e Feijó39.5847,885.023,4
Code (DTMNFR)
150313
Resident population (2021)
26.345
Area
16,75 km²
Density
1.572,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
14,9%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 5

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Caparica e Trafaria”.

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
12.470 (47,3%)
Women
13.875 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
23.983 (91,0%)
Foreign nationality
2.362 (9,0%)
Ageing index
138,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
10.753
Average household size *
2,43 people
Dwellings
14.115
Classic family dwellings
14.080
Buildings
5.593
Buildings with 7 or more floors
131
With higher education (15+)
15,6% (3.470)
Unemployment rate *
13,64% (H 12,66% · M 14,58%)
Active / employed population
11.638 / 10.050

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 4.075 (15,5%); 15-24 years: 3.109 (11,8%); 25-64 years: 13.521 (51,3%); 65+ years: 5.640 (21,4%)0-144.075 · 15,5%15-243.109 · 11,8%25-6413.521 · 51,3%65+5.640 · 21,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (26.345).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years4.0752.0861.989
15-24 years3.1091.5971.512
25-64 years13.5216.3747.147
65+ years5.6402.4133.227

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

Costa da Caparica · União das freguesias de Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda · União das freguesias de Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Almada
3,4 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
22.193
Voters
10.085
Turnout
45,44% (2021: 40,65%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.90328,79%6
CH
CHEGA		2.53425,13%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2.11020,92%4
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.46414,52%3
BE.L
Almada em Comum - Coligação Bloco de Esquerda e LIVRE		4824,78%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2932,91%0
Blank votes1791,77%
Null votes1201,19%

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 da Torre
Caparica (ALMADA)
2829-503 CAPARICA
Telephone
212954688
Email
geral@jf-caparica-trafaria.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,66300, -9,21500
Wikipedia
Caparica e Trafaria
Wikidata
Q17514286

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