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União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto

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

União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto had 18.806 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Odivelas.

Population (inh.)
  • 18.806
  • 34.531
  • 35.111
  • 59.586
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3.574,6
  • 3.812,3
  • 7.150,6
  • 11.822,6
Area (km²)
  • 2,6
  • 5,0
  • 9,2
  • 9,7
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 Odivelas

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Odivelas59.5865,0411.822,6
2União das freguesias de Pontinha e Famões35.1119,213.812,3
3União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto18.8062,637.150,6
4União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças34.5319,663.574,6
Code (DTMNFR)
111609
Resident population (2021)
18.806
Area
2,63 km²
Density
7.150,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
4th of 4

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto”.

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
8.725 (46,4%)
Women
10.081 (53,6%)
Portuguese nationality
16.055 (85,4%)
Foreign nationality
2.751 (14,6%)
Ageing index
189,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
8.060
Average household size *
2,33 people
Dwellings
9.575
Classic family dwellings
9.571
Buildings
1.632
Buildings with 7 or more floors
102
With higher education (15+)
18,3% (2.979)
Unemployment rate *
10,42% (H 9,54% · M 11,27%)
Active / employed population
8.742 / 7.831

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.503 (13,3%); 15-24 years: 1.881 (10,0%); 25-64 years: 9.687 (51,5%); 65+ years: 4.735 (25,2%)0-142.503 · 13,3%15-241.881 · 10,0%25-649.687 · 51,5%65+4.735 · 25,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (18.806).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.5031.2871.216
15-24 years1.881923958
25-64 years9.6874.5765.111
65+ years4.7351.9392.796

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

União das freguesias de Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas (Loures) · Santa Clara (Lisboa) · Odivelas · União das freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação (Loures) · Lumiar (Lisboa)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Odivelas
3,1 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
15.846
Voters
7.010
Turnout
44,24% (2021: 39,13%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		2.90441,43%6
CH
CHEGA		1.59922,81%3
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - Coligação PSD/CDS - ODIVELAS		1.27018,12%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		5127,30%1
BE.L.PAN
Odivelas com Futuro		3154,49%0
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2042,91%0
Blank votes1171,67%
Null votes891,27%

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 Alves Redol, N.º 17
Póvoa de Santo Adrião (ODIVELAS)
2620-127 PÓVOA DE SANTO ADRIÃO
Telephone
219379990
Fax
219379999
Email
geral@uf-povoaolival.pt
Website
www.uf-povoaolival.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,79660, -9,16190
Wikipedia
Póvoa de Santo Adrião e Olival Basto
Wikidata
Q25438581

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