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União das freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos

Parish of the municipality of Porto (Porto), district of Porto.

União das freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos had 27.911 residents in the 2021 Census, 24,7% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 39,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Porto.

Population (inh.)
  • 22.978 – 27.911
  • 29.085
  • 29.666 – 37.430
  • 38.847
  • 45.883
Density (inh./km²)
  • 3.689,8 – 4.638,8
  • 4.993,0
  • 6.399,3 – 6.663,3
  • 6.893,2
  • 7.412,3
Area (km²)
  • 3,1 – 5,4
  • 5,6
  • 5,8 – 6,3
  • 7,2
  • 8,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 7 parishes of Porto

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Bonfim22.9783,107.412,3
2Campanhã29.6668,043.689,8
3Paranhos45.8837,176.399,3
4Ramalde38.8475,836.663,3
5União das freguesias de Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde29.0856,274.638,8
6União das freguesias de Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória37.4305,436.893,2
7União das freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos27.9115,594.993,0
Code (DTMNFR)
131218
Resident population (2021)
27.911
Area
5,59 km²
Density
4.993,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,0%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 7

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos”.

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
12.898 (46,2%)
Women
15.013 (53,8%)
Portuguese nationality
26.584 (95,2%)
Foreign nationality
1.327 (4,8%)
Ageing index
191,6 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
11.736
Average household size *
2,35 people
Dwellings
14.953
Classic family dwellings
14.938
Buildings
3.485
Buildings with 7 or more floors
231
With higher education (15+)
39,6% (9.641)
Unemployment rate *
10,39% (H 10,11% · M 10,67%)
Active / employed population
12.818 / 11.486

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 3.591 (12,9%); 15-24 years: 2.865 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 14.574 (52,2%); 65+ years: 6.881 (24,7%)0-143.591 · 12,9%15-242.865 · 10,3%25-6414.574 · 52,2%65+6.881 · 24,7%
Residents by age group and share of the total (27.911).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years3.5911.8131.778
15-24 years2.8651.4911.374
25-64 years14.5746.8357.739
65+ years6.8812.7594.122

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 Porto
2,2 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
23.528
Voters
14.203
Turnout
60,37% (2021: 51,71%)
Seats
19
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL
O PORTO SOMOS NÓS
5.79840,82%9
PS
Partido Socialista
4.10328,89%6
CH
CHEGA
1.2618,88%1
L
LIVRE
7225,08%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
7094,99%1
FA
FAZER À PORTO
6464,55%1
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda
2551,80%0
I
A NOSSA FREGUESIA É LINDA
1971,39%0
NC/PPM
PORTO PRIMEIRO - NUNO CARDOSO
1901,34%0
Blank votes2221,56%
Null votes1000,70%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL.

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 de Serralves, N.º 8
Lordelo do Ouro (PORTO)
4150-701 LORDELO DO OURO
Telephone
226166910
Email
geral@uf-lordeloouromassarelos.pt
Website
www.uf-lordeloouromassarelos.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
41,16056, -8,65833
Wikipedia
Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos
Wikidata
Q16142897

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