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Vila Nova de Gaia

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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Vila Nova de Gaia	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	303,457	10,558,950	┴306,649	┴10,599,117	321,729	11,387,222	323,202	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	168	92,212	168	92,225	168	92,225	168	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	24	4,260	15	3,092	15	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	15.6	15.0	┴13.1	┴13.1	12.4	12.7	12.1	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	69.1	66.0	┴65.5	┴63.6	65.2	64.3	65.2	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	15.3	18.9	┴21.4	┴23.2	22.3	23.0	22.7	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	102	128	┴167	┴178	183	182	192	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	2,767	96,856	2,295	79,582	2,266	84,642	2,477	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	2,353	102,848	2,865	124,841	2,938	118,396	2,968	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	4.7	3.1	2.6	2.4	4.4	3.0	5.2	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	414	-5,992	-570	-45,259	-672	-33,754	-491	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	953	36,035	629	29,057	948	36,633	989	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	942	26,751	543	17,279	Pro552	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	3	226	6	240	Pro6	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	64	3,074	66	3,112	66	3,123	66	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	793	865	1,281	1,231	1,744	1,662	2,057	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	139	15,434	206	10,169	258	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	146	6,812	141	5,774	144	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	113	5,221	103	4,057	102	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	21	1,170	23	1,180	23	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	31	1,516	33	1,440	33	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	16	937	19	967	19	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	49,551	1,925,956	43,209	1,575,679	43,048	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	7	300	9	288	9	288	7	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	2,821	396,268	4,883	411,995	2,854	448,235	2,978	456,032
Museums	Museums	4	377	4	419	4	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	322	25,871	384	24,469	666	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	31	558	30	547	30	563	30	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	15,771	679,396	8,984	814,797	18,695	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	28,962	1,113,559	39,013	1,342,116	50,124	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	80,819	3,631,747	103,689	4,236,222	128,467	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	5	2	8	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	14	5	13	5	19	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	125	5,834	59	3,266	49	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	4	748	4	681	4	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	317	13,911	280	12,486	270	12,459	259	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	73,103	2,943,654	81,815	2,977,307	84,775	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	11,156	591,777	12,861	647,483	13,477	662,667	13,661	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	27,087	447,088	13,651	262,210	10,799	226,119	10,130	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	14	8	┴8	┴6	5	4	5	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	28,491	551,944	16,408	386,230	10,991	318,687	10,894	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	1,785	131,522	2,228	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	33.9	39.3	┴25.3	┴28.7	25.7	31.4	Pro26.2	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	4,064.6	4,652.1	┴Pro3,770.0	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,689.5	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	39.2	71.3	┴72.5	┴114.3	71.2	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	16	57	┴13	┴84	Pre9	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	19	2,019	46	6,271	63	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.