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Santa Clara

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

Santa Clara had 23.645 residents in the 2021 Census, 16,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 23,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 5,3 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)
110664
Resident population (2021)
23.645
Area
3,36 km²
Density
7.037,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th 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
11.013 (46,6%)
Women
12.632 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
21.600 (91,4%)
Foreign nationality
2.045 (8,6%)
Ageing index
86,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
9.214
Average household size *
2,55 people
Dwellings
10.931
Classic family dwellings
10.900
Buildings
1.675
Buildings with 7 or more floors
195
With higher education (15+)
23,8% (4.562)
Unemployment rate *
13,08% (H 13,55% · M 12,64%)
Active / employed population
10.564 / 9.182

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 4.462 (18,9%); 15-24 years: 2.882 (12,2%); 25-64 years: 12.430 (52,6%); 65+ years: 3.871 (16,4%)0-144.462 · 18,9%15-242.882 · 12,2%25-6412.430 · 52,6%65+3.871 · 16,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (23.645).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years4.4622.3062.156
15-24 years2.8821.4181.464
25-64 years12.4305.7476.683
65+ years3.8711.5422.329

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 · União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto (Odivelas) · União das freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação (Loures) · Olivais

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lisboa
5,3 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
19.297
Voters
9.138
Turnout
47,35% (2021: 41,14%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS-L-BE-PAN
VIVER LISBOA		2.96232,41%5
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
Por ti, Lisboa - MOEDAS 2025		2.47427,07%4
CH
CHEGA		2.20724,15%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		9029,87%1
VP
Volt Portugal		2422,65%0
ND
NOVA DIREITA		670,73%0
Blank votes1391,52%
Null votes1451,59%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS-L-BE-PAN.

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 verde, pano de muralha ameado de ouro firmado e movente da ponta, carregado de um ramo de ameixoeira de verde, frutado de púrpura, posto em faixa com pé volvido à sinistra; em chefe ramo de amoreira de prata frutado de púrpura, como pé volvido à dextra; brocante sobre o todo, posto em orla, cordão de São Francisco entrecambado de ouro e verde. Coroa mural de prata de 4 torres. Listel de prata com a legenda a negro «SANTA CLARA - LISBOA».

Flag: esquartelada de branco e verde; cordões e borlas de verde e prata. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos da Lei, com a legenda: “Freguesia de Santa Clara - Lisboa”.

Heraldic ordinance published by Declaração de Retificação n.º 599/2025, Diário da República n.º 100/2025, Série II de 2025-05-26 (issuer: Freguesia de Santa Clara). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo do Ministro, N.º 1
Lisboa
1750-200 LISBOA
Telephone
217567420
Email
geral@jf-santaclara.pt
Website
www.jf-santaclara.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,78763, -9,15245
Wikipedia
Santa Clara (Lisboa)
Wikidata
Q10367770

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