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União das freguesias de Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra

Parish of the municipality of Santiago do Cacém (Santiago do Cacém), district of Setúbal.

União das freguesias de Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra had 7.892 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 18,3% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 10,6 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santiago do Cacém.

Population (inh.)
  • 500 – 670
  • 737 – 836
  • 1.803 – 2.071
  • 2.954 – 7.892
  • 10.309
Density (inh./km²)
  • 5,2 – 6,1
  • 6,6 – 11,1
  • 14,3 – 21,5
  • 25,1 – 38,0
  • 137,3
Area (km²)
  • 51,4 – 75,1
  • 76,1 – 82,4
  • 129,8 – 137,5
  • 137,7 – 161,8
  • 207,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Santiago do Cacém

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Abela836137,686,1
2Alvalade1.803161,8211,1
3Cercal2.954137,4921,5
4Ermidas-Sado2.07182,4025,1
5Santo André10.30975,11137,3
6São Domingos670129,795,2
7São Francisco da Serra73751,3814,3
8União das freguesias de Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra7.892207,9338,0
9Vale de Água50076,106,6
Code (DTMNFR)
150912
Resident population (2021)
7.892
Area
207,93 km²
Density
38,0 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
28,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 9

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra”.

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
3.759 (47,6%)
Women
4.133 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
7.599 (96,3%)
Foreign nationality
293 (3,7%)
Ageing index
231,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.414
Average household size *
2,25 people
Dwellings
5.022
Classic family dwellings
5.015
Buildings
3.370
Buildings with 7 or more floors
2
With higher education (15+)
18,3% (1.273)
Unemployment rate *
4,91% (H 4,70% · M 5,13%)
Active / employed population
3.643 / 3.464

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 952 (12,1%); 15-24 years: 747 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 3.994 (50,6%); 65+ years: 2.199 (27,9%)0-14952 · 12,1%15-24747 · 9,5%25-643.994 · 50,6%65+2.199 · 27,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (7.892).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years952485467
15-24 years747399348
25-64 years3.9941.9292.065
65+ years2.1999461.253

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 Santiago do Cacém
10,6 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
6.623
Voters
3.876
Turnout
58,52% (2021: 48,27%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
STC
STC - SOMOS TODOS CIDADÃOS
1.96950,80%7
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária
1.54539,86%6
BE-L-PAN
RENOVAR Santiago do Cacém
2115,44%0
Blank votes992,55%
Null votes521,34%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: STC.

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 Ramos da Costa
Santiago do Cacém
7540-205 SANTIAGO DO CACÉM
Telephone
269818740
Email
geral@santiagocacem-stacruz-sbartolomeu.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
37,99560, -8,67540
Wikipedia
Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra
Wikidata
Q25439614

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