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Setúbal (São Sebastião)

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

Setúbal (São Sebastião) had 52.627 residents in the 2021 Census, 20,4% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 2,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Setúbal.

Population (inh.)
  • 5.357
  • 6.809
  • 20.946
  • 37.757
  • 52.627
Density (inh./km²)
  • 81,8
  • 204,9
  • 302,2
  • 1.026,8
  • 2.062,2
Area (km²)
  • 25,5
  • 33,2
  • 36,8
  • 65,5
  • 69,3
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 Setúbal

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Gâmbia-Pontes-Alto da Guerra6.80933,23204,9
2Sado5.35765,4981,8
3Setúbal (São Sebastião)52.62725,522.062,2
4União das freguesias de Azeitão (São Lourenço e São Simão)20.94669,32302,2
5União das freguesias de Setúbal (São Julião, Nossa Senhora da Anunciada e Santa Maria da Graça)37.75736,771.026,8
Code (DTMNFR)
151205
Resident population (2021)
52.627
Area
25,52 km²
Density
2.062,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
42,6%
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
25.041 (47,6%)
Women
27.586 (52,4%)
Portuguese nationality
48.650 (92,4%)
Foreign nationality
3.977 (7,6%)
Ageing index
135,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
21.726
Average household size *
2,40 people
Dwellings
25.635
Classic family dwellings
25.568
Buildings
5.667
Buildings with 7 or more floors
327
With higher education (15+)
15,4% (6.870)
Unemployment rate *
10,44% (H 10,04% · M 10,83%)
Active / employed population
24.399 / 21.852

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 7.951 (15,1%); 15-24 years: 6.045 (11,5%); 25-64 years: 27.900 (53,0%); 65+ years: 10.731 (20,4%)0-147.951 · 15,1%15-246.045 · 11,5%25-6427.900 · 53,0%65+10.731 · 20,4%
Residents by age group and share of the total (52.627).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years7.9514.0703.881
15-24 years6.0453.1052.940
25-64 years27.90013.17114.729
65+ years10.7314.6956.036

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 Setúbal (São Julião, Nossa Senhora da Anunciada e Santa Maria da Graça) · Sado · Gâmbia-Pontes-Alto da Guerra · Palmela (Palmela) · Carvalhal (Grândola)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Setúbal
2,5 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
44.628
Voters
20.756
Turnout
46,51% (2021: 36,68%)
Seats
21
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		5.81728,03%7
CH
CHEGA		4.70822,68%5
SET-V 25
Setúbal de Volta		4.63622,34%5
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		3.30715,93%4
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		8213,96%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		4712,27%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		3271,58%0
Blank votes4272,06%
Null votes2421,17%

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
Largo Manuel da Luz Graça, N.º 5 - A
Setúbal (São Sebastião)
2910-591 SETÚBAL
Telephone
265719520
Fax
265741483
Email
geral@jfss.pt
Website
www.jfss.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,52972, -8,86889
Official website
www.jfss.pt
Wikipedia
São Sebastião (Setúbal)
Wikidata
Q2652856

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