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União das freguesias de Baixa da Banheira e Vale da Amoreira

Parish of the municipality of Moita (Moita), district of Setúbal.

União das freguesias de Baixa da Banheira e Vale da Amoreira had 30.089 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 3,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Moita.

Population (inh.)
  • 2.292
  • 16.146
  • 17.728
  • 30.089
Density (inh./km²)
  • 176,4
  • 901,5
  • 988,2
  • 4.686,8
Area (km²)
  • 6,4
  • 13,0
  • 17,9
  • 17,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 4 parishes of Moita

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alhos Vedros16.14617,91901,5
2Moita17.72817,94988,2
3União das freguesias de Baixa da Banheira e Vale da Amoreira30.0896,424.686,8
4União das freguesias de Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos2.29212,99176,4
Code (DTMNFR)
150607
Resident population (2021)
30.089
Area
6,42 km²
Density
4.686,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
45,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 4

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Baixa da Banheira e Vale da Amoreira”.

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
13.963 (46,4%)
Women
16.126 (53,6%)
Portuguese nationality
26.606 (88,4%)
Foreign nationality
3.483 (11,6%)
Ageing index
165,5 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
12.925
Average household size *
2,32 people
Dwellings
16.263
Classic family dwellings
16.252
Buildings
3.826
Buildings with 7 or more floors
106
With higher education (15+)
9,8% (2.528)
Unemployment rate *
15,31% (H 14,55% · M 16,03%)
Active / employed population
13.036 / 11.040

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 4.269 (14,2%); 15-24 years: 3.455 (11,5%); 25-64 years: 15.298 (50,8%); 65+ years: 7.067 (23,5%)0-144.269 · 14,2%15-243.455 · 11,5%25-6415.298 · 50,8%65+7.067 · 23,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (30.089).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years4.2692.1702.099
15-24 years3.4551.7261.729
25-64 years15.2987.0778.221
65+ years7.0672.9904.077

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

Alhos Vedros · União das freguesias de Barreiro e Lavradio (Barreiro) · Santo António da Charneca (Barreiro) · União das freguesias de Alto do Seixalinho, Santo André e Verderena (Barreiro)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Moita
3,3 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
26.798
Voters
11.081
Turnout
41,35% (2021: 35,91%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		3.26029,42%6
PS
Partido Socialista		3.25629,38%6
CH
CHEGA		2.96726,78%6
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		7596,85%1
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		3573,22%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		1000,90%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		870,79%0
Blank votes1741,57%
Null votes1211,09%

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

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
Rua Eduardo Mondelane, N.º 2
Baixa da Banheira (MOITA)
2835-116 BAIXA DA BANHEIRA
Telephone
212039560
Fax
212039565
Email
geral@ufbbva.pt
Website
www.ufbbva.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,66000, -9,04500
Wikipedia
Baixa da Banheira e Vale da Amoreira
Wikidata
Q33450692

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