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São Gonçalo

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

São Gonçalo had 5.806 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 5,0 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)
310306
Resident population (2021)
5.806
Area
7,08 km²
Density
820,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th 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
2.590 (44,6%)
Women
3.216 (55,4%)
Portuguese nationality
5.675 (97,7%)
Foreign nationality
131 (2,3%)
Ageing index
290,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.960
Average household size *
2,70 people
Dwellings
2.554
Classic family dwellings
2.548
Buildings
1.954
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
16,2% (852)
Unemployment rate *
11,59% (H 11,98% · M 11,19%)
Active / employed population
2.408 / 2.129

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 544 (9,4%); 15-24 years: 629 (10,8%); 25-64 years: 3.053 (52,6%); 65+ years: 1.580 (27,2%)0-14544 · 9,4%15-24629 · 10,8%25-643.053 · 52,6%65+1.580 · 27,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (5.806).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years544282262
15-24 years629327302
25-64 years3.0531.4191.634
65+ years1.5805621.018

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

Funchal (Santa Maria Maior) · Caniço (Santa Cruz) · Camacha (Santa Cruz)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Funchal
5,0 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
5.718
Voters
2.971
Turnout
51,96% (2021: 54,22%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
FUNCHAL SEMPRE MELHOR!		1.46949,44%7
JPP
Juntos pelo Povo		49816,76%2
PS
Partido Socialista		43214,54%2
CH
CHEGA		38813,06%2
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		672,26%0
PTP
Partido Trabalhista Português		301,01%0
Blank votes321,08%
Null votes551,85%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de prata, monte de três cômoros, de verde, movente dos flancos e de campanha diminuta ondada de prata, azul, prata; o cômoro central encimado por dragoeiro de verde, com tronco de negro e frutado de ouro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com legenda a negro: "S. GONÇALO - FUNCHAL".

Flag: esquartelada de branco e azul. Cordão e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com legenda: "Junta de Freguesia de S. Gonçalo - Funchal".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 602/2010, Diário da República n.º 113/2010, Série II de 2010-06-14 (issuer: Freguesia de São Gonçalo). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Professor Modesto da Trindade, N.º 1
FUNCHAL
9060-196 FUNCHAL
Telephone
291793605
Email
geral@jfsgoncalo.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
32,66024, -16,87349
Wikipedia
São Gonçalo (Funchal)
Wikidata
Q2652513

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