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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Paços de Ferreira	Portugal	Paços de Ferreira	Portugal	Paços de Ferreira	Portugal	Paços de Ferreira	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	56,547	10,558,950	┴55,058	┴10,599,117	57,028	11,387,222	57,467	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	71	92,212	71	92,225	71	92,225	71	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	16	4,260	12	3,092	12	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	18.1	15.0	┴13.8	┴13.1	13.2	12.7	13.0	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	70.8	66.0	┴69.9	┴63.6	68.8	64.3	68.4	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	11.1	18.9	┴16.3	┴23.2	18.0	23.0	18.6	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	64	128	┴122	┴178	139	182	147	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	561	96,856	427	79,582	424	84,642	458	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	317	102,848	421	124,841	448	118,396	445	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	7.1	3.1	2.3	2.4	7.1	3.0	2.2	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	244	-5,992	6	-45,259	-24	-33,754	13	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	249	36,035	164	29,057	197	36,633	146	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	162	26,751	107	17,279	Pro93	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	0	226	0	240	Pro0	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	9	3,074	11	3,112	11	3,123	11	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	632	865	810	1,231	1,171	1,662	1,356	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	156	15,434	77	10,169	89	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	29	6,812	21	5,774	22	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	26	5,221	16	4,057	16	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	4	1,170	6	1,180	6	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	6	1,516	9	1,440	8	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	3	937	5	967	5	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	11,278	1,925,956	9,168	1,575,679	9,142	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	0	300	0	288	0	288	0	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	//	396,268	//	411,995	//	448,235	//	456,032
Museums	Museums	2	377	2	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	...	25,871	7	24,469	39	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	5	558	5	547	5	563	5	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	2,847	679,396	2,850	814,797	2,716	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	5,219	1,113,559	5,688	1,342,116	6,443	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	21,471	3,631,747	24,001	4,236,222	25,628	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	11	2	11	2	12	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	20	5	19	5	18	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	25	5,834	12	3,266	10	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	2	748	3	681	3	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	47	13,911	55	12,486	51	12,459	51	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	9,755	2,943,654	12,057	2,977,307	13,193	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	849	591,777	1,023	647,483	1,080	662,667	1,106	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	3,937	447,088	1,436	262,210	1,126	226,119	1,000	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	9	8	┴5	┴6	5	4	5	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	3,635	551,944	2,032	386,230	1,900	318,687	1,824	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	491	131,522	552	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	28.9	39.3	┴21.6	┴28.7	22.1	31.4	Pro24.4	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	3,782.0	4,652.1	┴Pro3,956.7	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro4,321.6	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	27.1	71.3	┴44.6	┴114.3	44.4	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	10	57	┴33	┴84	Pre56	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	1	2,019	5	6,271	10	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

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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.