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Ouca

Parish of the municipality of Vagos (Vagos), district of Aveiro.

Ouca had 1.750 residents in the 2021 Census, 30,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 10,4% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 8 parishes and its centroid is 4,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vagos.

Population (inh.)
  • 892 – 1.124
  • 1.743 – 1.750
  • 1.869 – 2.046
  • 2.186 – 2.817
  • 2.848 – 4.597
Density (inh./km²)
  • 76,5 – 107,7
  • 125,5 – 129,9
  • 146,1 – 147,3
  • 161,2 – 177,7
  • 213,7 – 293,0
Area (km²)
  • 6,4 – 7,1
  • 9,8 – 10,4
  • 12,7 – 14,8
  • 16,3 – 21,5
  • 21,7 – 37,2
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Vagos

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Calvão2.18614,84147,3
2Covão do Lobo8927,11125,5
3Fonte de Angeão1.12410,44107,7
4Gafanha da Boa Hora2.84837,2276,5
5Ouca1.75016,27107,6
6Ponte de Vagos1.8696,38293,0
7Santa Catarina1.0146,94146,1
8Santo André de Vagos2.04612,69161,2
9Santo António1.7439,81177,7
10Sosa2.81721,69129,9
11Vagos4.59721,51213,7
Code (DTMNFR)
011805
Resident population (2021)
1.750
Area
16,27 km²
Density
107,6 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
7,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
7th of 11

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
850 (48,6%)
Women
900 (51,4%)
Portuguese nationality
1.706 (97,5%)
Foreign nationality
44 (2,5%)
Ageing index
282,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
653
Average household size *
2,57 people
Dwellings
881
Classic family dwellings
878
Buildings
869
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
10,4% (163)
Unemployment rate *
4,79% (H 5,53% · M 3,93%)
Active / employed population
772 / 735

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 189 (10,8%); 15-24 years: 175 (10,0%); 25-64 years: 853 (48,7%); 65+ years: 533 (30,5%)0-14189 · 10,8%15-24175 · 10,0%25-64853 · 48,7%65+533 · 30,5%
Residents by age group and share of the total (1.750).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years18910188
15-24 years1758392
25-64 years853429424
65+ years533237296

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 André de Vagos · Sosa · União das freguesias de Bustos, Troviscal e Mamarrosa (Oliveira do Bairro) · Santa Catarina · Palhaça (Oliveira do Bairro) · Ponte de Vagos · União das freguesias de Covões e Camarneira (Cantanhede) · Santo António

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vagos
4,2 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
1.636
Voters
985
Turnout
60,21% (2021: 57,49%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		54855,63%5
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		39239,80%4
Blank votes181,83%
Null votes272,74%

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

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 da Estrada, N.º 21
Ouca (VAGOS)
3840-302 OUCA
Telephone
234794845
Fax
234794845
Email
geral@jfouca.pt
Website
www.freguesiadeouca.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
40,51222, -8,64806
Wikipedia
Ouca
Wikidata
Q2005394

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