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Alvalade

Parish of the municipality of Lisboa (Lisboa), district of Lisboa.

Alvalade had 33.309 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 52,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa.

Population (inh.)
  • 9.658 – 13.850
  • 13.956 – 18.028
  • 20.267 – 23.261
  • 23.645 – 33.309
  • 34.076 – 46.334
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.586,4 – 4.114,3
  • 4.405,9 – 4.912,5
  • 4.967,4 – 7.013,1
  • 7.037,2 – 7.943,1
  • 10.507,4 – 15.634,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,5 – 2,1
  • 2,2 – 2,9
  • 3,0 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 6,6
  • 7,1 – 10,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Lisboa

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Ajuda14.3062,884.967,4
2Alcântara13.8505,072.731,8
3Alvalade33.3095,346.237,6
4Areeiro21.1601,7212.302,3
5Arroios33.3022,1315.634,7
6Avenidas Novas23.2612,997.779,6
7Beato12.1832,484.912,5
8Belém16.54610,431.586,4
9Benfica35.3628,024.409,2
10Campo de Ourique22.1401,6513.418,2
11Campolide14.7872,775.338,3
12Carnide18.0283,694.885,6
13Estrela20.2674,604.405,9
14Lumiar46.3346,577.052,4
15Marvila35.4797,124.983,0
16Misericórdia9.6582,194.410,1
17Olivais32.1798,093.977,6
18Parque das Nações22.3825,444.114,3
19Penha de França28.4752,7110.507,4
20Santa Clara23.6453,367.037,2
21Santa Maria Maior10.0513,013.339,2
22Santo António11.0601,497.422,8
23São Domingos de Benfica34.0764,297.943,1
24São Vicente13.9561,997.013,1
Code (DTMNFR)
110654
Resident population (2021)
33.309
Area
5,34 km²
Density
6.237,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
6,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 24

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
14.956 (44,9%)
Women
18.353 (55,1%)
Portuguese nationality
31.515 (94,6%)
Foreign nationality
1.793 (5,4%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
177,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
14.780
Average household size *
2,19 people
Dwellings
18.924
Classic family dwellings
18.871
Buildings
2.489
Buildings with 7 or more floors
398
With higher education (15+)
52,4% (15.027)
Unemployment rate *
6,04% (H 6,42% · M 5,69%)
Active / employed population
15.920 / 14.959

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 4.639 (13,9%); 15-24 years: 3.329 (10,0%); 25-64 years: 17.104 (51,3%); 65+ years: 8.237 (24,7%)0-144.639 · 13,9%15-243.329 · 10,0%25-6417.104 · 51,3%65+8.237 · 24,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (33.309).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years4.6392.3712.268
15-24 years3.3291.6511.678
25-64 years17.1047.9979.107
65+ years8.2372.9375.300

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

Lumiar · Marvila · Avenidas Novas · Areeiro · Olivais · São Domingos de Benfica

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa
2,0 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
29.218
Voters
18.498
Turnout
63,31% (2021: 56,46%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Por ti, Lisboa - MOEDAS 2025		8.56746,31%10
PS-L-BE-PAN
VIVER LISBOA		6.17933,40%7
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.7879,66%2
VP
Volt Portugal		1460,79%0
ND
NOVA DIREITA		850,46%0
Blank votes2411,30%
Null votes1.4938,07%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL. Parish-council president (term 2025–2029): Tomás Gonçalves1.

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.
1 The president’s name is not in the SGMAI results; source: Junta de Freguesia de Alvalade (sítio oficial), «Instalação dos Órgãos da Freguesia de Alvalade | Mandato 2025–2029», 10/11/2025.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de verde, duas espadas invertidas de prata, passadas em aspa, guarnecidas e maçanetadas de ouro, acompanhadas em chefe de uma lucerna do mesmo, acesa de púrpura, e em ponta de uma lisonja de prata carregada de uma palma de púrpura. Coroa mural de prata com quatro torres aparentes. Listel de prata, com a legenda a maiúsculas de negro "ALVALADE - LISBOA".

Flag: esquartelada de negro e de prata. Cordões e borlas de negro e prata. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º, da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Alvalade - Lisboa".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 440/2015, Diário da República n.º 95/2015, Série II de 2015-05-18 (issuer: Freguesia de Alvalade). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Conde de Arnoso, n.º 5-B
Lisboa
1700-112 LISBOA
Telephone
218428370
Fax
218428399
Email
geral@jf-alvalade.pt
Website
www.jf-alvalade.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Santa Joana, Princesa de Portugal
Coordinates
38,74694, -9,13611
Official website
www.jf-alvalade.pt
Wikipedia
Alvalade (Lisboa)
Wikidata
Q448231

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