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Perafita

Parish of the municipality of Matosinhos (Matosinhos), district of Porto.

Perafita had 13.311 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 2,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Matosinhos.

Population (inh.)
  • 5.367 – 9.019
  • 10.968 – 13.311
  • 17.091 – 17.935
  • 19.000 – 22.844
  • 26.988 – 30.034
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.061,8 – 1.462,4
  • 1.538,8 – 1.876,1
  • 2.444,2 – 2.661,1
  • 2.974,3 – 4.568,8
  • 5.994,8 – 7.139,7
Area (km²)
  • 3,7 – 3,7
  • 3,8 – 5,0
  • 5,0 – 6,0
  • 7,1 – 8,7
  • 9,1 – 10,3
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 Matosinhos

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Custóias17.9356,032.974,3
2Guifões9.0193,692.444,2
3Lavra10.96810,331.061,8
4Leça da Palmeira19.0007,142.661,1
5Leça do Balio17.0919,111.876,1
6Matosinhos30.0345,015.994,8
7Perafita13.3118,651.538,8
8Santa Cruz do Bispo5.3673,671.462,4
9Senhora da Hora26.9883,787.139,7
10São Mamede de Infesta22.8445,004.568,8
Code (DTMNFR)
130821
Resident population (2021)
13.311
Area
8,65 km²
Density
1.538,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th 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
6.329 (47,5%)
Women
6.982 (52,5%)
Portuguese nationality
13.094 (98,4%)
Foreign nationality
217 (1,6%)
Ageing index
163,8 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
5.142
Dwellings
5.827
Classic family dwellings
5.824
Buildings
3.215
Buildings with 7 or more floors
16
With higher education (15+)
13,2% (1.521)
Unemployment rate †
11,50%
Active / employed population
6.219 / 5.504

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.799 (13,5%); 15-24 years: 1.345 (10,1%); 25-64 years: 7.220 (54,2%); 65+ years: 2.947 (22,1%)0-141.799 · 13,5%15-241.345 · 10,1%25-647.220 · 54,2%65+2.947 · 22,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (13.311).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.799902897
15-24 years1.345690655
25-64 years7.2203.4093.811
65+ years2.9471.3281.619

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Santa Cruz do Bispo · Leça da Palmeira · Lavra · Vila Nova da Telha (Maia) · Moreira (Maia)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Matosinhos
2,6 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
12.104
Voters
6.501
Turnout
53,71%
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.98345,89%7
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD MATOSINHOS - Coligação PSD/CDS		1.42921,98%3
CH
CHEGA		1.20318,50%3
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2604,00%0
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2373,65%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1552,38%0
Blank votes1582,43%
Null votes761,17%

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

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
Largo da Igreja s/n
Perafita
4455-469 Perafita
Email
geral@jfperafita.pt

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

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026