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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Loulé	Portugal	Loulé	Portugal	Loulé	Portugal	Loulé	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	70,266	10,558,950	┴81,185	┴10,599,117	94,101	11,387,222	94,447	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	764	92,212	764	92,225	764	92,225	764	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	11	4,260	9	3,092	9	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	15.9	15.0	┴13.9	┴13.1	13.4	12.7	13.2	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	65.2	66.0	┴63.3	┴63.6	64.9	64.3	65.0	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	18.9	18.9	┴22.7	┴23.2	21.7	23.0	21.8	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	121	128	┴160	┴178	162	182	169	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	694	96,856	687	79,582	793	84,642	724	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	679	102,848	962	124,841	875	118,396	851	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	5.8	3.1	1.5	2.4	6.3	3.0	2.8	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	15	-5,992	-275	-45,259	-82	-33,754	-127	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	168	36,035	145	29,057	209	36,633	227	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	157	26,751	126	17,279	Pro81	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	1	226	1	240	Pro1	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	14	3,074	15	3,112	15	3,123	15	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	1,379	865	1,969	1,231	2,603	1,662	2,978	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	116	15,434	48	10,169	46	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	32	6,812	45	5,774	43	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	30	5,221	27	4,057	30	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	9	1,170	8	1,180	8	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	10	1,516	10	1,440	9	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	5	937	4	967	4	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	12,796	1,925,956	12,405	1,575,679	13,524	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	1	300	0	288	0	288	0	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	556	396,268	//	411,995	//	448,235	//	456,032
Museums	Museums	2	377	2	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	124	25,871	202	24,469	457	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	0	558	5	547	6	563	6	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	7,997	679,396	17,437	814,797	17,584	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	10,081	1,113,559	13,816	1,342,116	17,378	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	29,688	3,631,747	36,881	4,236,222	49,752	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	7	2	10	2	15	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	11	5	12	5	11	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	59	5,834	36	3,266	31	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	5	748	5	681	5	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	113	13,911	146	12,486	159	12,459	155	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	14,529	2,943,654	16,222	2,977,307	17,218	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	1,902	591,777	2,288	647,483	2,500	662,667	2,550	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	1,787	447,088	1,425	262,210	1,273	226,119	1,104	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	┴8	┴6	3	4	3	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	3,626	551,944	3,823	386,230	2,000	318,687	2,036	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	1,782	131,522	1,957	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	59.2	39.3	┴45.3	┴28.7	50.1	31.4	Pro48.9	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	6,567.8	4,652.1	┴Pro6,215.5	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro6,066.9	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	222.9	71.3	┴310.0	┴114.3	412.1	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	123	57	┴242	┴84	Pre138	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	63	2,019	129	6,271	151	8,173	-	-

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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.