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Santa Bárbara

Parish of the municipality of Ponta Delgada (Ponta Delgada), Autonomous Region of the Azores (Ilha de São Miguel).

Santa Bárbara had 846 residents in the 2021 Census, 9,1% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 3,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 3 parishes and its centroid is 5,4 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Ponta Delgada.

Population (inh.)
  • 576 – 846
  • 976 – 1.557
  • 1.574 – 2.890
  • 3.293 – 4.590
  • 4.924 – 7.495
Density (inh./km²)
  • 36,5 – 97,0
  • 97,5 – 135,4
  • 144,7 – 277,0
  • 287,5 – 1.212,6
  • 1.212,8 – 3.467,5
Area (km²)
  • 1,7 – 4,1
  • 5,6 – 7,2
  • 7,7 – 9,0
  • 11,4 – 12,1
  • 16,9 – 25,4
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Ponta Delgada

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Ajuda da Bretanha6527,0992,0
2Arrifes7.29425,37287,5
3Candelária9768,63113,1
4Capelas3.98116,85236,3
5Covoada1.2239,03135,4
6Fajã de Baixo4.9244,061.212,8
7Fajã de Cima3.29311,89277,0
8Fenais da Luz2.2277,70289,2
9Feteiras1.55723,5366,2
10Ginetes1.18412,1497,5
11Mosteiros1.0218,95114,1
12Pilar da Bretanha5766,0794,9
13Ponta Delgada (São José)5.7561,663.467,5
14Ponta Delgada (São Pedro)7.4952,892.593,4
15Ponta Delgada (São Sebastião)4.0503,341.212,6
16Relva2.89012,07239,4
17Remédios8095,59144,7
18Rosto do Cão (Livramento)4.3075,59770,5
19Rosto do Cão (São Roque)4.5907,21636,6
20Santa Bárbara8468,7297,0
21Santa Clara2.8042,241.251,8
22Santo António1.57411,75134,0
23Sete Cidades70119,1936,5
24São Vicente Ferreira2.49911,41219,0
Code (DTMNFR)
420319
Resident population (2021)
846
Area
8,72 km²
Density
97,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
20th of 24

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
446 (52,7%)
Women
400 (47,3%)
Portuguese nationality
841 (99,4%)
Foreign nationality
5 (0,6%)
Ageing index
55,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
275
Average household size *
3,08 people
Dwellings
327
Classic family dwellings
327
Buildings
324
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
3,8% (27)
Unemployment rate *
9,66% (H 10,16% · M 8,94%)
Active / employed population
435 / 393

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 140 (16,5%); 15-24 years: 117 (13,8%); 25-64 years: 512 (60,5%); 65+ years: 77 (9,1%)0-14140 · 16,5%15-24117 · 13,8%25-64512 · 60,5%65+77 · 9,1%
Residents by age group and share of the total (846).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1408258
15-24 years1176255
25-64 years512270242
65+ years773245

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

Santo António · Remédios · Sete Cidades

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Ponta Delgada
5,4 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
766
Voters
506
Turnout
66,06% (2021: 75,03%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		33265,61%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		15029,64%2
Blank votes183,56%
Null votes61,19%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de azul, com cinco burelas ondadas de prata, uma torre coberta de ouro, aberta e frestada de vermelho, gradeada de negro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «SANTA BÁRBARA - PONTA DELGADA».

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Santa Bárbara - Ponta Delgada».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital, Diário da República n.º 197/2006, Parte Especial, Série II de 2006-10-12 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Santa Bárbara). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua do Outeiro, N.º 30
SANTA BÁRBARA, CAPELAS
9545-331 SANTA BÁRBARA PDL
Telephone
296989412
Fax
296989413
Email
geral@santabarbara.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata)
Bárbara de Nicomédia
Coordinates
37,87611, -25,72778
Wikipedia
Santa Bárbara (Ponta Delgada)
Wikidata
Q1997319

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