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Estrela

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

Estrela had 20.267 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 49,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 3,8 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)
110660
Resident population (2021)
20.267
Area
4,60 km²
Density
4.405,9 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
14th 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
9.379 (46,3%)
Women
10.888 (53,7%)
Portuguese nationality
17.358 (85,6%)
Foreign nationality
2.909 (14,4%)
Ageing index
139,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
9.237
Average household size *
2,18 people
Dwellings
12.677
Classic family dwellings
12.657
Buildings
2.781
Buildings with 7 or more floors
130
With higher education (15+)
49,9% (8.617)
Unemployment rate *
6,95% (H 6,75% · M 7,14%)
Active / employed population
9.945 / 9.254

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.013 (14,9%); 15-24 years: 2.107 (10,4%); 25-64 years: 10.956 (54,1%); 65+ years: 4.191 (20,7%)0-143.013 · 14,9%15-242.107 · 10,4%25-6410.956 · 54,1%65+4.191 · 20,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (20.267).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.0131.5181.495
15-24 years2.1071.0451.062
25-64 years10.9565.2485.708
65+ years4.1911.5682.623

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

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa
3,8 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
14.841
Voters
8.773
Turnout
59,11% (2021: 53,79%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Por ti, Lisboa - MOEDAS 2025
4.69153,47%7
PS-L-BE-PAN
VIVER LISBOA
2.46228,06%4
CH
CHEGA
7428,46%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
6577,49%1
Blank votes1111,27%
Null votes1101,25%

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

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 equipolado de azul e prata com os pontos de azul carregados de quatro folhas de lódão-bastardo, postas em aspa, frutadas de ouro nos pontos de prata, em chefe uma estrela de seis pontas de azul, em cada ponto dos flancos uma coroa real fechada de ouro perfilada e forrada de vermelho, e no ponto da campanha duas burelas ondadas de azul. Coroa mural de prata com 4 torres. Listel branco com legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: ESTRELA - LISBOA.

Flag: Esquartelada de branco e azul. Cordões e borlas de prata e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: Nos termos do artigo 18 da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda "Freguesia de Estrela - Lisboa".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1517/2023, Diário da República n.º 157/2023, Série II de 2023-08-14 (issuer: Freguesia de Estrela). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua Almeida Brandão, 39
Lisboa
1200-602 LISBOA
Telephone
213929100
Email
geral@jf-estrela.pt
Website
www.jf-estrela.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,71378, -9,16019
Wikipedia
Estrela (Lisboa)
Wikidata
Q423043

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