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Civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Areeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈɾjɐjɾu]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and typical quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Areeiro is east of Avenidas Novas, east of Marvila, south of Alvalade, and north of Beato, Penha de França, and Arroios. The population in 2021 was 21,160.[1][2]
Areeiro | |
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Clockwise: Fonte Luminosa; Carneiro monument; Garden Fernando Pessa; Parish street view; Abóboda Celeste; Bairro Arco do Cego | |
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Coordinates: 38.742°N 9.134°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Lisbon |
Metropolitan area | Lisbon |
District | Lisbon |
Municipality | Lisbon |
Area | |
• Total | 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 21,160 |
• Density | 12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Patron | John of God and the Twelve Apostles |
Website | http://www.jf-areeiro.pt/ |
Located in the ancient parish of Alto do Pina there are the ruins of the vacation house of the consort king of Portugal Ferdinand II.
The former parish of São João de Deus was extensively urbanized during the Estado Novo, becoming a favorite for the upper-middle and upper classes. Alto do Pina, on the other hand, encompassed construction poles that were very different from each other. Among the architects involved are some of the most famous names in architecture from the first half and mid-20th century in Portugal:
In 1959 both São João de Deus and Alto do Pina were amongst the 12 parishes created by the administrative reform of the city of Lisbon on February 7, 1959. It remained an independent parish until 2012.[3]
For the new parish of São João de Deus, the symbols chosen were:[4]
The opinion was issued by the Heraldic Commission of the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists on March 25, 1996, in accordance with Law No. 53/91, of August 7. Established, upon proposal of the Parish Council, in a session of the Parish Assembly on April 30, 1996, published in the Official Gazette, III Series, No. 163, of July 16, 1996 and registered in the Directorate-General of Local Authorities under No. 39/96, of July 31, 1996.
The justification of the Symbols are:
For the newly created parish of Alto do Pina, the symbols chosen were:
The opinion was issued by the Commission on February 27, 2004, published in the Official Gazette, III Series, No. 154, on July 2, 2004, and registered in the Directorate-General of Local Authorities under No. 170/2004, in August 2004.
The justification of the Symbols are:
The territory of today's parish witnessed a major rally held by the Portuguese Socialist Party during the post-revolutionary period of 1975, attacking the influence of the Portuguese Communist Party.
This freguesia was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Alto do Pina and São João de Deus.[5]
The resident population recorded according to Censuses carried over the years is shown in the following tables for the two parishes that today constitute Areeiro. It is noteworthy that the ancient parish of São João de Deus lost 15,145 people from 1960 to 2011 or 60.72% of its 1960 population, not having recorded a single population gain since 1960. Similarly, the ancient parish of Alto do Pina lost 2,237 people or 17.8% of its population from 1960 to 2011, with major population losses recorded in the nineties (-19%).
In the 2021 Portuguese Census was recorded the first demographic growth of the parish since 1960. In particular, from 2011 to 2021 the parish gained 1,029 people, recording a growth of +5.11%.
The last censuses show that the parish's population is ageing at a fast pace: in 2021 21.25% of the population was below 25 and, at the same time, almost a quarter (23.92%) of the residents was 65 or older.
Distribution of Population by Age Groups[8] | |||||||||||||
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Year | 0-14 Years | 0-14 Years % | 15-24 Years | 15-24 Years % | 25-64 Years | 25-64 Years % | > 65 Years | > 65 Years % | |||||
2021 | 2,279 | 10.77% | 2,217 | 10.48% | 11,102 | 52.47% | 5,062 | 23.92% |
The parish is predominantly catholic and 67.99% of the population aged 15 or above are followers of a Christian or Jeovah's Witness denomination as of 2021.
Interestingly, around 27.96% of the population doesn't practice a religion and is thus non religious.[10]
The presence of minor religions such as Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism (4.05% of the population amongst the three) is probably due to an increasing community of people coming from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Nepal.
In 2021, 7.86% of the population of the parish was constituted by foreigners. In particular, amongst men foreigners were 8.95% of the total. This means that in Areeiro there are 1,663 resident foreigners, a sharp increase from 2011, when there were 1,071 resident foreigners (5.32%). Since the foreign population increased by 592 people from 2011 to 2021 and given that the total population of the parish increased by 1,029 units in the same timespan, it is noteworthy that the total population growth was due for more than half to the increase in the number of resident foreigners, thus not counting people who have acquired Portuguese nationality in the meantime.[11] The largest group of foreigners is constituted by the Brazilians (540 people or +53.41% since 2011), PALOP countries (170 people or +17.24% since 2011), Chinese (154 people or +50.98% since 2011) and people from the Indian Subcontinent, most notably Nepalis and Bangladeshis, totaling 261 people, or recording an increase of +455.32% since 2011.[12]
Dealing with the foreign-born population, 15.27% of the parish's population was born abroad as of 2021. The most common countries of birth were PALOP countries (1,066 people), Brazil (813 people) and the Indian Subcontinent (325 people).[13] Of the Portuguese nationals born abroad, the most common countries of birth were PALOP countries (908 people) and Brazil (267 people), all countries having ancient historical ties with Portugal as well as a rooted migration history towards the country, and who are, thus, more likely to have acquired Portuguese citizenship along the years.[14]
Moreover, as of 2021 in the parish there were 2,410 people who have entered Portugal after 2010, constituting 11.39% of the population. Of those with recent migrant background, 23.03% were Portuguese nationals returning from a period of emigration abroad.[15]
Amongst the Portuguese, 3,753 had already lived abroad as of 2021 (19.25% of the Portuguese population). The majority of those having lived in Angola and Mozambique (1,194 people) entered Portugal in the Seventies (725 people or 60.72%), following the independence of the two former colonies (so called retornados). Those coming from countries hosting large Portuguese emigrant communities such as France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg or Belgium (724 people) have mostly entered Portugal after 1991 (72.24%), probably due to the development of the Portuguese economy since its accession to the EU. Interestingly, 37.59% of the Portuguese nationals having lived in the UK and residing in the parish, has left the UK after 2016, (date of the Brexit referendum).[16]
If the whole population (regardless of the nationality held) is taken into account, then 25.00% of the parish's population has already lived abroad for at least one year as of 2021, with EU countries, PALOP countries, Brazil and the United Kingdom being the most commonly cited countries of previous residence.[17]
In the parish of Areeiro there are 760 residents who, as of 2021, were unemployed. Of these, 42.63% received a state-fund subsidy or pension (41.34% in Lisbon).[18] In 2021 the unemployment rate in the parish is slightly lower than the one recorded for Lisbon and for Portugal as a whole, standing at 7.31%. In the same year, Portugal as a whole had an unemployment rate of 8.13% that has progressively decreased to 6.1% in 2023. As the statistics dealing with unemployment at the parish level are available only every 10 years, the current (2023) unemployment rate in Areeiro is unknown.[19][20] Amongst youth aged 15–24 the unemployment rate in 2021 in the parish stood at 15.53%, 16.86% lower than in the rest of the country.[21]
On the other hand, in 2021 9,641 residents were employed, of which 72.34% were employees and 24.78% were independent workers.[22] Below is the table showing the employment rate per age group. The low share of people aged 20–24 employed is due to the fact that many are still in education (e.g. university) while the low proportion of those in employment aged 60–64 is due to many being early pensioners.[23]
2021 Census data | Age group | ||||||||
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20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 | |
Share of people in employment | 33.05% | 77.92% | 80.67% | 82.35% | 84.37% | 83.15% | 79.10% | 74.98% | 61.72% |
Dealing with commuting, the residents of Areeiro spent 20.55 minutes of daily commuting, 2 minutes less than the average inhabitant of Lisbon.[24]
Dealing with overcrowding in the parish's households, 4.82% of the population lives in accommodations where they have less than 15 m2 per capita (8.71% for Lisbon and 5.65% in Portugal as a whole), while 48.06% live in houses with more than 40 m2 per capita (39.64% for Lisbon and 46.84% in Portugal as a whole).[25] There are 7,294.2 dwellings per km2 (3,200.5 for Lisbon and 64.9 in Portugal as a whole).[26]
49.8% of the population lives in owned dwellings as of 2021; this is slightly lower than the values recorded both for Lisbon (50.3%) but significantly lower than the one recorded for Portugal (70%).[27] The average height of a residential building in Areeiro is 5.2 floors as of 2021[28] and the average area of a dwelling stands at 106.16 m2 (with the average in Lisbon-city 93.07 m2 being and in Portugal 112.45 m2).[29]
The average monthly rent value of leased dwellings recorded in 2021 stood at €601.87, 27.82% higher than the Lisbon average in the same year (€470.87).[30] It is nonetheless important to notice that the value of the rents is quite low because of many contracts stipulated decades ago, with 13.38% (25.34% in Lisbon) of the dwellers paying less than €150/month[31] because of the rent-freezing system that was adopted in Portugal in the late XX century, allowing that many people, now mostly elders, don't have to pay high rents.[32][33][34] Due to the housing crisis and inflation, in 2023 the average rent for new contracts (frozen contracts aren't concerned) stood in fact at €13/m2 in Areeiro, meaning that for the average 106.16 m2 dwelling are necessary around €1,380/month.[35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
Dealing with housing prices, it is interesting to remark that if the median price per m2 stood at €1,803 for a house sold in early 2016, this value had risen to €3,559/m2 in early 2021 and to €4,072/m2 in 2023, experiencing a growth of +125.85% in just 7 years. In the same period the growth of house priced per m2 in Lisbon as a whole was +117.6%, from €1,875/m2 to €4,080/m2.[42]
Of the 1,377 residential buildings listed in the parish, 0.65% were built before 1919, 68.19% from 1919 to 1960, 22.95% from 1961 to 1990, 3.49% from 1991 to 2000 and 4.72% after 2001. Of the buildings built before 1919 55.56% had 1 to 3 floors, while in buildings built between 1981 and 2010 the proportion of buildings with 6 stories or more is 50.51%. Interestingly, the newer and higher the building the higher the probability of it being served by an elevator. For homes built before 1946, only 10.25% have access to an elevator as of 2021; this percentage ascends to 57.58% for buildings dating from 1981 to 2010.[43] Always with regard to amenities, 25.61% of the houses had access to air conditioning (20.98% in Lisbon), 78.47% to heating (69.62% in Lisbon) and 23.88% to a parking place (28.04% in Lisbon).[44][45][46]
As of 2021 there were 1,758 vacant dwelling in the parish.[47] Of the vacant dwellings, 1,028 are vacant for rental or with the purpose of being sold, while 730 are vacant for other reasons, often abandoned, awaiting their demolition or because a reason for conflict among heirs.[48][49][50][51][52] Moreover, as of 2023 247 apartments are registered as "Alojamento Local", meaning they have the license to be rent on platforms such as Booking.com or Airbnb.[53][54]
In the parish there were no records of homeless people.[55] The parish is nonetheless actively promoting initiatives aiming at helping people in situation of permanent of temporal homelessness.
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