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Imaculado Coração de Maria

Parish of the municipality of Funchal (Funchal), Autonomous Region of Madeira (Ilha da Madeira).

Imaculado Coração de Maria had 5.627 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 21,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 1,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Funchal.

Population (inh.)
  • 2.875 – 5.490
  • 5.627 – 5.794
  • 5.806 – 7.204
  • 8.349 – 11.768
  • 25.940 – 26.929
Density (inh./km²)
  • 311,8 – 750,7
  • 820,1 – 1.113,2
  • 1.170,6 – 2.401,6
  • 3.370,3 – 4.097,0
  • 4.137,5 – 4.834,9
Area (km²)
  • 1,3 – 1,4
  • 1,5 – 3,8
  • 4,9 – 7,1
  • 7,5 – 8,0
  • 18,6 – 22,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Funchal

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Funchal (Santa Luzia)5.4901,344.097,0
2Funchal (Santa Maria Maior)11.7684,902.401,6
3Funchal (São Pedro)7.2041,494.834,9
4Funchal (Sé)2.8753,83750,7
5Imaculado Coração de Maria5.6271,364.137,5
6Monte5.79418,58311,8
7Santo António25.94022,161.170,6
8São Gonçalo5.8067,08820,1
9São Martinho26.9297,993.370,3
10São Roque8.3497,501.113,2
Code (DTMNFR)
310301
Resident population (2021)
5.627
Area
1,36 km²
Density
4.137,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
8th of 10

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
2.628 (46,7%)
Women
2.999 (53,3%)
Portuguese nationality
5.502 (97,8%)
Foreign nationality
125 (2,2%)
Ageing index
240,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
2.300
Average household size *
2,44 people
Dwellings
3.019
Classic family dwellings
3.017
Buildings
1.942
Buildings with 7 or more floors
18
With higher education (15+)
21,3% (1.071)
Unemployment rate *
14,22% (H 14,58% · M 13,88%)
Active / employed population
2.510 / 2.153

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 607 (10,8%); 15-24 years: 555 (9,9%); 25-64 years: 3.007 (53,4%); 65+ years: 1.458 (25,9%)0-14607 · 10,8%15-24555 · 9,9%25-643.007 · 53,4%65+1.458 · 25,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.627).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years607309298
15-24 years555307248
25-64 years3.0071.4511.556
65+ years1.458561897

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

Monte · São Roque · Funchal (Santa Luzia) · Funchal (São Pedro)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Funchal
1,9 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
5.618
Voters
2.778
Turnout
49,45% (2021: 54,76%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
FUNCHAL SEMPRE MELHOR!		1.51754,61%8
JPP
Juntos pelo Povo		44215,91%2
PS
Partido Socialista		33812,17%2
CH
CHEGA		32211,59%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		622,23%0
PTP
Partido Trabalhista Português		230,83%0
Blank votes170,61%
Null votes572,05%

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

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 Nova da Quinta Deão, Edifício Cuibem I, Fracção E
Imaculado Coração de Maria
9050-071 FUNCHAL
Telephone
291229659
Fax
291741243
Email
geral@jfimaculado.pt
Website
www.jfimaculado.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Virgem Maria
Coordinates
32,80417, -16,96472
Wikipedia
Imaculado Coração de Maria (Funchal)
Wikidata
Q543476

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