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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Palmela	Portugal	Palmela	Portugal	Palmela	Portugal	Palmela	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	64,392	10,558,950	┴67,917	┴10,599,117	75,326	11,387,222	77,044	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	465	92,212	465	92,225	465	92,225	465	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	5	4,260	4	3,092	4	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	17.2	15.0	┴14.8	┴13.1	14.3	12.7	14.0	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	65.1	66.0	┴64.6	┴63.6	66.1	64.3	66.3	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	17.7	18.9	┴20.6	┴23.2	19.7	23.0	19.6	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	109	128	┴137	┴178	138	182	142	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	639	96,856	580	79,582	617	84,642	604	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	558	102,848	896	124,841	782	118,396	775	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	1.6	3.1	1.7	2.4	4.9	3.0	5.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	81	-5,992	-316	-45,259	-165	-33,754	-171	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	246	36,035	182	29,057	295	36,633	448	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	165	26,751	127	17,279	Pro148	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	0	226	1	240	Pro1	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	15	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	852	865	1,211	1,231	1,699	1,662	2,070	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	77	15,434	82	10,169	104	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	33	6,812	31	5,774	29	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	31	5,221	25	4,057	22	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	7	1,170	7	1,180	6	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	8	1,516	7	1,440	7	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	4	937	5	967	5	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	11,735	1,925,956	11,255	1,575,679	12,363	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	1	377	2	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	115	25,871	178	24,469	260	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	0	558	0	547	0	563	0	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	3,645	679,396	5,324	814,797	8,094	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	5,943	1,113,559	7,337	1,342,116	8,740	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	25,491	3,631,747	31,343	4,236,222	36,393	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	23	2	27	2	24	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	55	5	60	5	60	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	21	5,834	14	3,266	13	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	4	748	3	681	3	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	58	13,911	60	12,486	62	12,459	59	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	15,118	2,943,654	16,442	2,977,307	17,085	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	2,228	591,777	2,953	647,483	3,197	662,667	3,274	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	1,642	447,088	844	262,210	782	226,119	898	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	7	8	┴5	┴6	4	4	4	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	2,705	551,944	2,019	386,230	1,725	318,687	1,773	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	985	131,522	947	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	51.9	39.3	┴30.4	┴28.7	33.6	31.4	Pro32.5	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	6,928.9	4,652.1	┴Pro6,801.9	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro6,510.6	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	37.8	71.3	┴281.5	┴114.3	316.0	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	39	57	┴141	┴84	Pre142	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	6	2,019	12	6,271	13	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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When a methodological change occurs, a break in series is displayed.
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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.