Housing · 2021

Buildings: ranking of municipalities

Buildings: Vila Nova de Gaia comes top with 65,829 and Corvo comes last with 195. The median across 308 municipalities is 7,916.

Podium and top 100

1Vila Nova de Gaia65,829 2Sintra57,759 3Lisbon49,223

#	Municipality	District	Buildings
1	Vila Nova de Gaia	Porto	65,829
2	Sintra	Lisbon	57,759
3	Lisbon	Lisbon	49,223
4	Leiria	Leiria	47,172
5	Guimarães	Braga	45,223
6	Santa Maria da Feira	Aveiro	44,564
7	Cascais	Lisbon	44,226
8	Coimbra	Coimbra	40,701
9	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Braga	40,304
10	Braga	Braga	40,214
11	Porto	Porto	39,303
12	Barcelos	Braga	39,012
13	Viseu	Viseu	37,758
14	Gondomar	Porto	36,632
15	Loulé	Faro	34,799
16	Almada	Setúbal	34,518
17	Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	33,527
18	Torres Vedras	Lisbon	33,274
19	Matosinhos	Porto	32,387
20	Seixal	Setúbal	32,204
21	Loures	Lisbon	31,353
22	Pombal	Leiria	29,248
23	Mafra	Lisbon	28,790
24	Funchal	Região Autónoma da Madeira	28,018
25	Alcobaça	Leiria	26,781
26	Maia	Porto	26,339
27	Castelo Branco	Castelo Branco	25,455
28	Figueira da Foz	Coimbra	24,858
29	Setúbal	Setúbal	24,631
30	Paredes	Porto	24,204
31	Penafiel	Porto	24,189
32	Ourém	Santarém	23,912
33	Santarém	Santarém	23,812
34	Amarante	Porto	23,609
35	Aveiro	Aveiro	23,058
36	Vila do Conde	Porto	22,936
37	Oliveira de Azeméis	Aveiro	22,779
38	Ponta Delgada	Região Autónoma dos Açores	22,705
39	Chaves	Vila Real	22,605
40	Palmela	Setúbal	22,560
41	Santo Tirso	Porto	22,533
42	Covilhã	Castelo Branco	22,027
43	Sesimbra	Setúbal	21,593
44	Vila Verde	Braga	21,335
45	Vila Real	Vila Real	21,321
46	Évora	Évora	20,823
47	Fafe	Braga	20,709
48	Tomar	Santarém	20,499
49	Ponte de Lima	Viana do Castelo	20,140
50	Abrantes	Santarém	19,977
51	Albufeira	Faro	19,806
52	Guarda	Guarda	19,643
53	Marco de Canaveses	Porto	19,522
54	Ovar	Aveiro	19,471
55	Caldas da Rainha	Leiria	19,465
56	Odemira	Beja	19,070
57	Valongo	Porto	19,049
58	Cantanhede	Coimbra	18,776
59	Águeda	Aveiro	18,655
60	Oeiras	Lisbon	18,488
61	Silves	Faro	18,477
62	Fundão	Castelo Branco	18,389
63	Felgueiras	Porto	18,356
64	Póvoa de Varzim	Porto	17,629
65	Faro	Faro	17,346
66	Odivelas	Lisbon	16,974
67	Vila Franca de Xira	Lisbon	16,919
68	Bragança	Bragança	16,863
69	Torres Novas	Santarém	16,579
70	Alenquer	Lisbon	16,327
71	Tondela	Viseu	16,059
72	Esposende	Braga	15,968
73	Arcos de Valdevez	Viana do Castelo	15,723
74	Paços de Ferreira	Porto	15,618
75	Olhão	Faro	15,572
76	Sabugal	Guarda	15,354
77	Ílhavo	Aveiro	15,179
78	Lousada	Porto	15,058
79	Tavira	Faro	14,993
80	Marinha Grande	Leiria	14,901
81	Portimão	Faro	14,859
82	Seia	Guarda	14,713
83	Angra do Heroísmo	Região Autónoma dos Açores	13,813
84	Lourinhã	Lisbon	13,700
85	Lagoa	Faro	13,558
86	Beja	Beja	13,472
87	Peniche	Leiria	13,395
88	Lagos	Faro	13,347
89	Santiago do Cacém	Setúbal	13,234
90	Montijo	Setúbal	13,094
91	Anadia	Aveiro	12,877
92	Amadora	Lisbon	12,542
93	Santa Cruz	Região Autónoma da Madeira	12,472
94	Lamego	Viseu	12,415
95	Valpaços	Vila Real	12,278
96	Moita	Setúbal	12,232
97	Idanha-a-Nova	Castelo Branco	12,078
98	Castro Daire	Viseu	11,911
99	Monção	Viana do Castelo	11,836
100	Oliveira do Hospital	Coimbra	11,777

Bottom of the ranking

#	Municipality	District	Buildings
294	Fronteira	Portalegre	2,454
295	Calheta (Açores)	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,319
296	Manteigas	Guarda	2,312
297	Monforte	Portalegre	2,307
298	São Roque do Pico	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,247
299	Arronches	Portalegre	2,212
300	Mesão Frio	Vila Real	2,198
301	Porto Moniz	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,875
302	Constância	Santarém	1,854
303	Mourão	Évora	1,845
304	Alvito	Beja	1,653
305	Barrancos	Beja	1,216
306	Santa Cruz das Flores	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,104
307	Lajes das Flores	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,005
308	Corvo	Região Autónoma dos Açores	195

Regions compared

Total for each region.

Porto443,980
Lisbon365,844
Braga278,807
Aveiro257,230
Leiria215,874
Setúbal211,746
Santarém209,481
Viseu207,281
Faro201,078
Coimbra188,245
Viana do Castelo123,631
Vila Real119,688
Castelo Branco116,715
Guarda114,698
Região Autónoma dos Açores100,478
Beja94,143
Região Autónoma da Madeira90,970
Bragança85,576
Évora80,507
Portalegre67,444

Other rankings on the same theme

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Frequently asked questions

Which municipality ranks first for “Buildings”?

Vila Nova de Gaia ranks first for “Buildings”, with 65,829.

What is the median for “Buildings”?

The median across the 308 ranked municipalities is 7,916.