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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Cávado (NUTS III)	Portugal	Cávado (NUTS III)	Portugal	Cávado (NUTS III)	Portugal	Cávado (NUTS III)	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	411,135	10,558,950	┴417,412	┴10,599,117	447,696	11,387,222	449,945	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	1,246	92,212	1,246	92,225	1,246	92,225	1,246	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	265	4,260	170	3,092	170	3,092	179	3,259
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	16.4	15.0	┴13.6	┴13.1	13.2	12.7	12.9	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	69.5	66.0	┴66.9	┴63.6	66.6	64.3	66.4	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	14.1	18.9	┴19.4	┴23.2	20.2	23.0	20.6	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	88	128	┴145	┴178	156	182	163	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	3,812	96,856	3,058	79,582	3,306	84,642	3,495	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	2,885	102,848	3,472	124,841	3,538	118,396	3,703	121,817
Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	2.6	3.1	2.0	2.4	3.0	3.0	1.1	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	927	-5,992	-414	-45,259	-232	-33,754	-208	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	1,611	36,035	1,525	29,057	1,543	36,633	1,692	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	865	26,751	690	17,279	Pro509	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	13	226	14	240	Pro14	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	89	3,074	90	3,112	91	3,123	91	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	700	865	1,017	1,231	1,416	1,662	1,624	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	1,110	15,434	845	10,315	943	11,504	927	11,125
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	301	6,812	250	5,774	245	5,678	241	5,640
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	242	5,221	189	4,057	185	4,005	182	3,985
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	42	1,170	45	1,180	45	1,182	45	1,189
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	57	1,516	60	1,440	59	1,406	60	1,406
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	31	937	32	967	32	970	32	981
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	83,517	1,925,956	64,351	1,575,679	67,475	1,620,555	67,469	1,622,084
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	7	300	10	288	10	288	10	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	21,866	396,268	26,025	411,995	28,031	448,235	27,884	456,032
Museums	Museums	14	377	11	419	12	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	307	25,871	750	24,469	838	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	17	558	29	547	22	563	24	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	19,134	679,396	19,848	814,797	42,906	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	41,078	1,113,559	51,675	1,342,116	60,399	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	138,043	3,631,747	169,938	4,236,222	196,033	4,944,491	-	-
Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	4	2	4	2	4	2	-	-
Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	12	5	11	5	13	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	195	5,834	105	3,266	80	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	23	748	21	681	19	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	445	13,911	425	12,486	409	12,459	410	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	91,578	2,943,654	101,308	2,977,307	106,534	3,049,678	107,774	3,062,345
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	14,245	591,777	16,902	647,483	17,841	662,667	18,273	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	10,100	447,088	3,457	262,210	3,503	226,119	3,473	213,723
Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	8	8	┴4	┴6	4	4	4	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	21,764	551,944	12,345	386,230	11,386	318,687	11,320	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	3,482	131,522	3,959	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	32.9	39.3	┴22.5	┴28.7	21.3	31.4	Pro20.6	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	3,280.0	4,652.1	┴Pro3,379.7	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,565.2	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	50.1	71.3	┴80.2	┴114.3	92.1	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	22	57	┴30	┴84	Pre54	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	65	2,019	190	6,271	239	8,173	246	8,446

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Sources/Entities: INE, AIMA/MP, APA/MA, BP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGAL/MCT, DGEEC/MECI, DGEG/MAE, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, DGT/MCT-MAE, ICA/SEC, IEFP/MTSSS-ME, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SIBS, PORDATA

Notes

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(1) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(2) - From 2014 (inclusive) includes the new Local Housing units and the housing tourism and rural area tourism establishments.

(3) - Includes mobile medicine depots.

(4) - The values presented refer to the municipality of residence of the mother (not that of the child's birth).

(5) - The values presented include enterprises, sole proprietors and the self employed. They exclude insurance and financial activities, Public Administration and Defence and Compulsory Social Security.

(6) - The figures presented between 2021 and 2024 were revised by INE as part of the revision of the Resident Population Estimates, released by the entity on June 22, 2026.