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Quelfes

Parish of the municipality of Olhão (Olhão), district of Faro.

Quelfes had 17.253 residents in the 2021 Census, 19,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 1,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Olhão.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.674
  • 3.888
  • 7.593
  • 14.206
  • 17.253
Density (inh./km²)
  • 109,9
  • 196,5
  • 611,8
  • 1.108,6
  • 1.159,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,5
  • 12,3
  • 19,8
  • 28,2
  • 69,1
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 5 parishes of Olhão

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Fuseta1.6741,511.108,6
2Moncarapacho7.59369,12109,9
3Olhão14.20612,251.159,7
4Pechão3.88819,79196,5
5Quelfes17.25328,20611,8
Code (DTMNFR)
081005
Resident population (2021)
17.253
Area
28,20 km²
Density
611,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
38,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 5

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
8.430 (48,9%)
Women
8.823 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
16.032 (92,9%)
Foreign nationality
1.220 (7,1%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
117,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
6.581
Average household size *
2,59 people
Dwellings
9.197
Classic family dwellings
9.184
Buildings
5.045
Buildings with 7 or more floors
13
With higher education (15+)
16,4% (2.369)
Unemployment rate *
9,16% (H 8,16% · M 10,18%)
Active / employed population
8.241 / 7.486

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.792 (16,2%); 15-24 years: 1.943 (11,3%); 25-64 years: 9.243 (53,6%); 65+ years: 3.275 (19,0%)0-142.792 · 16,2%15-241.943 · 11,3%25-649.243 · 53,6%65+3.275 · 19,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (17.253).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.7921.4601.332
15-24 years1.9431.007936
25-64 years9.2434.4794.764
65+ years3.2751.4841.791

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

Moncarapacho · Olhão · Pechão · Estoi (Faro)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Olhão
1,9 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
15.008
Voters
7.691
Turnout
51,25% (2021: 37,78%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		3.65747,55%8
CH
CHEGA		2.20228,63%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		87511,38%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		3444,47%0
PAN
PESSOAS - ANIMAIS - NATUREZA		2713,52%0
Blank votes1712,22%
Null votes1712,22%

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
Estrada de Quelfes, N.º 71 - r/c
Quelfes (OLHÃO)
8700-218 QUELFES
Telephone
289722649
Fax
289704210
Email
geral@jf-quelfes.pt
Website
www.jf-quelfes.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
37,05889, -7,82083
Official website
www.jfquelfes.eu
Wikipedia
Quelfes
Wikidata
Q1919370

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