How many older people live alone in each municipality?

In the 2021 Census, Statistics Portugal (INE) counted 516,494 dwellings with a single resident aged 65 or over, and 1,014,897 where all residents are 65+. Search for a municipality to see the official numbers.

In short: 516,494 Portuguese dwellings have a single resident aged 65 or over (2021 Census, INE). Counting all dwellings whose residents are all 65+, there are over a million. This page shows the numbers for each of the 308 municipalities.

308 municipalities


Portugal (total)	—	—	516,494	1,014,897
Lisboa	Lisboa	23.4%	38,859	62,979
Porto	Porto	26.0%	15,737	27,150
Sintra	Lisboa	17.9%	15,734	29,748
Vila Nova de Gaia	Porto	21.4%	12,273	25,464
Cascais	Lisboa	22.6%	11,611	21,245
Oeiras	Lisboa	24.0%	10,865	19,666
Almada	Setúbal	23.8%	10,632	19,327
Amadora	Lisboa	22.2%	10,461	18,306
Loures	Lisboa	22.0%	9,965	19,592
Coimbra	Coimbra	25.2%	7,868	15,560
Matosinhos	Porto	22.9%	7,634	15,959
Seixal	Setúbal	21.5%	7,313	15,317
Odivelas	Lisboa	20.9%	7,148	13,816
Setúbal	Setúbal	23.1%	6,756	12,753
Gondomar	Porto	21.4%	6,245	13,548
Leiria	Leiria	22.3%	5,899	12,229
Braga	Braga	18.2%	5,716	12,554
Vila Franca de Xira	Lisboa	18.5%	5,656	11,167
Barreiro	Setúbal	25.6%	5,175	9,739
Guimarães	Braga	20.0%	4,822	11,075
Santa Maria da Feira	Aveiro	21.0%	4,574	10,331
Maia	Porto	19.4%	4,547	10,066
Funchal	Madeira	21.6%	4,524	7,875
Viseu	Viseu	23.6%	4,215	9,345
Vila Nova de Famalicão	Braga	19.7%	3,913	8,995
Torres Vedras	Lisboa	22.8%	3,862	7,803
Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	25.1%	3,830	8,059
Santarém	Santarém	26.3%	3,619	6,796
Figueira da Foz	Coimbra	28.3%	3,589	7,093
Loulé	Faro	23.4%	3,534	7,000
Moita	Setúbal	21.9%	3,531	6,509
Faro	Faro	21.9%	3,508	6,468
Aveiro	Aveiro	21.0%	3,474	6,898
Castelo Branco	Castelo Branco	28.5%	3,389	6,824
Barcelos	Braga	19.7%	3,339	7,511
Portimão	Faro	22.4%	3,313	5,992
Pombal	Leiria	29.0%	3,308	6,787
Mafra	Lisboa	17.8%	3,245	6,454
Covilhã	Castelo Branco	29.8%	3,226	6,334
Valongo	Porto	19.4%	3,121	6,873
Alcobaça	Leiria	26.0%	3,066	6,116
Évora	Évora	23.6%	2,960	5,632
Caldas da Rainha	Leiria	25.7%	2,926	5,680
Palmela	Setúbal	21.2%	2,752	5,606
Tomar	Santarém	30.6%	2,569	5,016
Ourém	Santarém	26.8%	2,556	4,955
Santo Tirso	Porto	24.6%	2,529	5,912
Vila do Conde	Porto	20.3%	2,478	5,473
Chaves	Vila Real	32.2%	2,453	5,097
Abrantes	Santarém	31.1%	2,449	4,876
Oliveira de Azeméis	Aveiro	23.1%	2,444	5,614
Montijo	Setúbal	18.8%	2,436	4,597
Póvoa de Varzim	Porto	20.6%	2,308	4,765
Olhão	Faro	22.9%	2,219	4,294
Sesimbra	Setúbal	20.4%	2,215	4,470
Vila Real	Vila Real	23.5%	2,203	4,591
Silves	Faro	25.0%	2,128	4,057
Paredes	Porto	16.4%	2,113	4,708
Fundão	Castelo Branco	32.5%	2,097	4,064
Guarda	Guarda	25.3%	2,087	4,300
Penafiel	Porto	17.8%	2,087	4,535
Torres Novas	Santarém	28.3%	2,053	4,221
Amarante	Porto	22.2%	2,047	4,411
Cantanhede	Coimbra	30.3%	2,040	4,338
Ovar	Aveiro	21.5%	2,005	4,254
Santiago do Cacém	Setúbal	29.1%	1,997	3,725
Fafe	Braga	23.1%	1,992	4,287
Águeda	Aveiro	25.7%	1,951	4,482
Marinha Grande	Leiria	23.3%	1,931	3,974
Lagos	Faro	24.8%	1,917	3,665
Bragança	Bragança	28.2%	1,914	4,022
Beja	Beja	23.5%	1,899	3,482
Ponta Delgada	Açores	15.0%	1,886	3,422
Alenquer	Lisboa	20.2%	1,883	3,783
Espinho	Aveiro	28.3%	1,771	3,539
Tavira	Faro	29.3%	1,765	3,497
Odemira	Beja	22.7%	1,746	3,069
Albufeira	Faro	18.2%	1,730	3,261
Ílhavo	Aveiro	21.5%	1,691	3,396
Ponte de Lima	Viana do Castelo	24.5%	1,668	3,587
Arcos de Valdevez	Viana do Castelo	36.0%	1,647	3,298
Tondela	Viseu	31.9%	1,626	3,451
Vila Verde	Braga	21.8%	1,603	3,508
Peniche	Leiria	26.1%	1,600	3,131
Felgueiras	Porto	18.0%	1,574	3,562
Marco de Canaveses	Porto	18.2%	1,559	3,355
Seia	Guarda	34.5%	1,529	3,210
Portalegre	Portalegre	27.4%	1,510	2,878
Anadia	Aveiro	29.5%	1,464	3,144
Lourinhã	Lisboa	25.4%	1,419	2,866
Mirandela	Bragança	32.1%	1,359	2,866
Benavente	Santarém	19.7%	1,321	2,559
Coruche	Santarém	33.2%	1,305	2,683
Soure	Coimbra	33.5%	1,291	2,611
Valpaços	Vila Real	40.5%	1,287	2,607
Lamego	Viseu	26.1%	1,270	2,533
Cartaxo	Santarém	25.3%	1,262	2,500
Montemor-o-Velho	Coimbra	26.0%	1,256	2,608
Paços de Ferreira	Porto	16.3%	1,255	2,932
Almeirim	Santarém	25.8%	1,252	2,489
Monção	Viana do Castelo	34.1%	1,242	2,497
Elvas	Portalegre	24.4%	1,236	2,255
Porto de Mós	Leiria	25.0%	1,233	2,457
Lagoa	Faro	23.4%	1,208	2,294
Angra do Heroísmo	Açores	19.3%	1,176	2,237
Sabugal	Guarda	45.0%	1,165	2,261
Vila Real de Santo António	Faro	26.1%	1,160	2,165
Sertã	Castelo Branco	31.1%	1,153	2,191
Salvaterra de Magos	Santarém	26.9%	1,141	2,342
Estarreja	Aveiro	24.4%	1,139	2,384
Santa Cruz	Madeira	14.7%	1,131	1,984
Lousada	Porto	15.4%	1,128	2,479
Azambuja	Lisboa	23.6%	1,119	2,190
Oliveira do Hospital	Coimbra	28.4%	1,116	2,340
Rio Maior	Santarém	23.9%	1,095	2,162
Montemor-o-Novo	Évora	30.3%	1,086	2,140
Trofa	Porto	19.9%	1,080	2,528
Macedo de Cavaleiros	Bragança	34.7%	1,067	2,197
Esposende	Braga	20.0%	1,051	2,354
Mangualde	Viseu	29.5%	1,042	2,329
Vale de Cambra	Aveiro	28.2%	1,041	2,415
Vagos	Aveiro	24.1%	1,033	2,168
São Pedro do Sul	Viseu	32.8%	1,014	2,121
Albergaria-a-Velha	Aveiro	22.8%	1,013	2,251
Gouveia	Guarda	38.2%	1,013	2,031
Ponte de Sor	Portalegre	29.3%	993	1,904
Entroncamento	Santarém	20.9%	991	1,962
São João da Madeira	Aveiro	22.2%	961	1,993
Castro Daire	Viseu	32.4%	960	1,960
Oliveira do Bairro	Aveiro	23.6%	941	2,016
Mealhada	Aveiro	26.0%	931	2,004
Caminha	Viana do Castelo	29.5%	926	1,851
Grândola	Setúbal	27.6%	912	1,712
Idanha-a-Nova	Castelo Branco	42.8%	904	1,742
Estremoz	Évora	29.1%	899	1,683
Serpa	Beja	28.3%	889	1,690
Cinfães	Viseu	25.4%	870	1,825
Nazaré	Leiria	26.2%	853	1,717
Moura	Beja	26.2%	849	1,588
Lousã	Coimbra	22.9%	843	1,728
Alcanena	Santarém	28.4%	828	1,583
Celorico de Basto	Braga	23.9%	827	1,643
Ansião	Leiria	32.4%	818	1,663
Câmara de Lobos	Madeira	15.1%	817	1,485
Machico	Madeira	20.5%	813	1,413
Alcácer do Sal	Setúbal	31.1%	807	1,537
Baião	Porto	23.0%	802	1,638
Vila Pouca de Aguiar	Vila Real	34.5%	797	1,702
Mira	Coimbra	30.8%	795	1,639
Arouca	Aveiro	23.8%	792	1,778
Cadaval	Lisboa	30.1%	792	1,692
Penacova	Coimbra	32.1%	784	1,747
Nelas	Viseu	30.7%	780	1,688
Arganil	Coimbra	33.3%	773	1,594
Póvoa de Lanhoso	Braga	22.4%	772	1,761
Montalegre	Vila Real	39.6%	772	1,496
Peso da Régua	Vila Real	26.5%	765	1,527
Bombarral	Leiria	27.5%	764	1,548
Alcochete	Setúbal	17.8%	739	1,465
Melgaço	Viana do Castelo	42.5%	735	1,463
Sines	Setúbal	22.5%	731	1,356
Vendas Novas	Évora	29.5%	729	1,510
Torre de Moncorvo	Bragança	40.7%	726	1,345
Condeixa-a-Nova	Coimbra	22.8%	725	1,526
Trancoso	Guarda	36.1%	723	1,418
Calheta (R.A.M.)	Madeira	25.4%	723	1,146
Batalha	Leiria	23.0%	719	1,586
Pinhel	Guarda	38.6%	718	1,483
Alijó	Vila Real	32.9%	717	1,448
Valença	Viana do Castelo	26.5%	685	1,421
Tábua	Coimbra	29.8%	680	1,383
Miranda do Corvo	Coimbra	26.9%	679	1,375
Santa Comba Dão	Viseu	32.5%	674	1,437
Vila da Praia da Vitória	Açores	18.4%	673	1,350
Vinhais	Bragança	44.4%	670	1,438
São Brás de Alportel	Faro	26.0%	670	1,287
Óbidos	Leiria	26.7%	668	1,353
Cabeceiras de Basto	Braga	22.7%	659	1,325
Mogadouro	Bragança	37.9%	659	1,367
Chamusca	Santarém	31.5%	646	1,250
Proença-a-Nova	Castelo Branco	38.3%	642	1,232
Mação	Santarém	42.1%	642	1,230
Ponte da Barca	Viana do Castelo	30.2%	639	1,329
Sever do Vouga	Aveiro	29.5%	629	1,362
Carregal do Sal	Viseu	31.7%	626	1,315
Ferreira do Zêzere	Santarém	32.6%	622	1,188
Mértola	Beja	36.8%	621	1,123
Vieira do Minho	Braga	29.5%	611	1,295
Sátão	Viseu	30.5%	611	1,407
Vizela	Braga	17.5%	607	1,428
Reguengos de Monsaraz	Évora	26.6%	602	1,150
Amares	Braga	21.5%	593	1,356
Ribeira Brava	Madeira	20.8%	593	964
Aljustrel	Beja	28.6%	591	1,121
Horta	Açores	19.9%	590	1,116
Alvaiázere	Leiria	37.1%	588	1,106
Nisa	Portalegre	40.7%	585	1,112
Arruda dos Vinhos	Lisboa	19.4%	584	1,136
Almeida	Guarda	44.1%	580	1,170
Vila Nova de Foz Côa	Guarda	35.9%	580	1,094
Vouzela	Viseu	31.5%	571	1,187
Moimenta da Beira	Viseu	29.4%	569	1,219
Murtosa	Aveiro	24.7%	567	1,137
Penamacor	Castelo Branco	44.4%	562	1,082
Oleiros	Castelo Branco	45.6%	552	1,047
Mortágua	Viseu	35.0%	550	1,314
Celorico da Beira	Guarda	35.1%	542	1,062
Vila Viçosa	Évora	26.3%	537	950
Ribeira Grande	Açores	10.6%	533	970
Miranda do Douro	Bragança	38.8%	532	1,106
Almodôvar	Beja	32.6%	513	983
Ferreira do Alentejo	Beja	29.1%	511	966
Castelo de Paiva	Aveiro	20.9%	506	1,162
Paredes de Coura	Viana do Castelo	30.8%	499	1,089
Santana	Madeira	28.5%	496	814
Vila Nova de Cerveira	Viana do Castelo	27.0%	494	1,000
Carrazeda de Ansiães	Bragança	37.3%	493	922
Pampilhosa da Serra	Coimbra	45.9%	491	915
Resende	Viseu	25.4%	491	1,023
Castro Marim	Faro	32.5%	490	952
Sobral de Monte Agraço	Lisboa	20.6%	487	918
Alpiarça	Santarém	29.5%	482	927
Figueiró dos Vinhos	Leiria	35.2%	477	871
Penalva do Castelo	Viseu	35.0%	469	1,038
Mêda	Guarda	38.4%	466	860
Ponta do Sol	Madeira	21.7%	465	706
Monchique	Faro	33.7%	464	855
Oliveira de Frades	Viseu	24.9%	460	934
Campo Maior	Portalegre	24.0%	455	863
Arraiolos	Évora	28.8%	446	861
Vila Nova da Barquinha	Santarém	27.6%	435	865
Vila Flor	Bragança	35.4%	434	939
Vimioso	Bragança	43.8%	427	825
Belmonte	Castelo Branco	32.2%	427	873
Tarouca	Viseu	24.5%	425	812
Aljezur	Faro	26.9%	422	763
Ourique	Beja	34.4%	421	753
Redondo	Évora	27.6%	414	800
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo	Guarda	38.0%	413	835
São João da Pesqueira	Viseu	27.9%	411	812
Borba	Évora	29.0%	408	827
Penela	Coimbra	32.0%	405	763
Castro Verde	Beja	27.0%	402	766
Alandroal	Évora	32.1%	402	743
Ribeira de Pena	Vila Real	31.3%	392	758
Vila do Bispo	Faro	27.6%	369	706
Sernancelhe	Viseu	32.0%	367	774
Fornos de Algodres	Guarda	36.3%	365	718
Golegã	Santarém	29.3%	364	712
Portel	Évora	28.8%	363	729
Santa Marta de Penaguião	Vila Real	32.0%	359	760
Sousel	Portalegre	33.1%	357	676
São Vicente	Madeira	27.4%	355	564
Mondim de Basto	Vila Real	28.0%	351	705
Aguiar da Beira	Guarda	38.5%	349	814
Boticas	Vila Real	37.1%	348	724
Armamar	Viseu	30.8%	348	683
Sabrosa	Vila Real	32.6%	347	764
Vila Nova de Poiares	Coimbra	25.8%	345	703
Alfândega da Fé	Bragança	37.9%	343	714
Mora	Évora	38.8%	341	689
Vila Nova de Paiva	Viseu	32.8%	341	668
Murça	Vila Real	35.7%	333	793
Tabuaço	Viseu	31.7%	330	681
Vidigueira	Beja	27.9%	329	612
Alcoutim	Faro	47.5%	327	576
Góis	Coimbra	37.7%	308	602
Vila Velha de Ródão	Castelo Branco	45.7%	306	656
Gavião	Portalegre	42.1%	304	612
Viana do Alentejo	Évora	26.1%	302	584
Avis	Portalegre	32.8%	302	547
Pedrógão Grande	Leiria	35.5%	295	547
Terras de Bouro	Braga	29.1%	294	638
Lagoa (R.A.A.)	Açores	12.8%	289	550
Crato	Portalegre	40.0%	271	537
Manteigas	Guarda	37.8%	267	527
Freixo de Espada à Cinta	Bragança	37.3%	265	526
Cuba	Beja	26.7%	264	487
Sardoal	Santarém	32.4%	262	487
Penedono	Viseu	34.5%	252	433
Alter do Chão	Portalegre	35.7%	247	467
Castanheira de Pêra	Leiria	38.3%	245	465
Vila de Rei	Castelo Branco	40.9%	242	502
Marvão	Portalegre	35.6%	233	443
Porto Moniz	Madeira	29.6%	227	331
Vila Franca do Campo	Açores	14.9%	224	424
Velas	Açores	20.9%	223	391
Constância	Santarém	26.0%	215	428
Vila do Porto	Açores	17.5%	215	385
Fronteira	Portalegre	33.5%	211	417
Nordeste	Açores	21.2%	207	367
Madalena	Açores	20.0%	202	416
Arronches	Portalegre	31.5%	200	371
Porto Santo	Madeira	18.8%	199	351
Castelo de Vide	Portalegre	35.7%	198	431
Santa Cruz da Graciosa	Açores	21.8%	194	353
Mesão Frio	Vila Real	28.8%	188	376
Monforte	Portalegre	28.8%	182	360
Povoação	Açores	17.3%	182	344
Lajes do Pico	Açores	24.9%	171	357
Calheta (R.A.A.)	Açores	23.7%	167	327
Alvito	Beja	30.0%	138	272
Mourão	Évora	28.0%	133	262
São Roque do Pico	Açores	21.2%	120	236
Barrancos	Beja	27.5%	100	173
Santa Cruz das Flores	Açores	19.2%	85	141
Lajes das Flores	Açores	20.7%	52	107
Corvo	Açores	15.4%	8	17

The last two columns count dwellings, not people: a "65+ only" dwelling may house two or more people. "One resident 65+" is the closest official measure of living alone.

Source: Statistics Portugal (INE), 2021 Census - indicators 0012318 (share of population aged 65+) and 0012852 (dwellings whose residents are all aged 65+, by number of residents). Extracted from the INE public API on 31/07/2026.

Do these numbers say how many older people live alone?

They count dwellings with a single resident aged 65 or over, the best official proxy. Person by person, INE counted 517,000 people aged 65+ living alone in Portugal.

Why does this matter to municipalities?

Social care teams follow the people they know about, but weeks pass between visits. Knowing how many dwellings have an older person living alone shows the real size of the ground to cover.

Is the data up to date?

It is the 2021 Census, the most recent complete count by INE. No newer official source offers this detail per municipality.

MILAE checks in on these people by phone, on behalf of municipalities.

See how it works for municipalities