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União das freguesias de Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos

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

União das freguesias de Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos had 2.292 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,0 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)
150608
Resident population (2021)
2.292
Area
12,99 km²
Density
176,4 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
3,5%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 4

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos”.

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
1.111 (48,5%)
Women
1.181 (51,5%)
Portuguese nationality
2.256 (98,4%)
Foreign nationality
36 (1,6%)
Ageing index
157,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
923
Average household size *
2,45 people
Dwellings
1.233
Classic family dwellings
1.231
Buildings
1.040
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
15,9% (313)
Unemployment rate *
8,11% (H 8,97% · M 7,25%)
Active / employed population
1.048 / 963

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 328 (14,3%); 15-24 years: 256 (11,2%); 25-64 years: 1.191 (52,0%); 65+ years: 517 (22,6%)0-14328 · 14,3%15-24256 · 11,2%25-641.191 · 52,0%65+517 · 22,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (2.292).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years328183145
15-24 years256120136
25-64 years1.191587604
65+ years517221296

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 Moita
3,0 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
2.099
Voters
1.471
Turnout
70,08% (2021: 64,57%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista
66345,07%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
40027,19%3
CH
CHEGA
26217,81%1
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata
734,96%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
271,84%0
Blank votes271,84%
Null votes191,29%

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
Rua Luis de Camões, N.º 44
Gaio-Rosário (MOITA)
2860-633 GAIO-ROSÁRIO
Telephone
212892351
Fax
212899179
Email
geral@uf-grsp.com
Website
www.uf-grsp.com

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

More information

Coordinates
38,67000, -9,00000
Wikipedia
Gaio-Rosário e Sarilhos Pequenos
Wikidata
Q17511166

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