Living in Albergaria-a-Velha

Albergaria-a-Velha is a city in Portugal, with a population of 25,252 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 1.73% in June 2026. The nearest airport was VSE, 50 km away in June 2026.

Lower unemployment than 76% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 75% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Albergaria-a-Velha?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in PortugalNational rates and thresholds that apply in Albergaria-a-Velha.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Albergaria-a-Velha?

Average net cold rent is 6.49 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 6.49 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹²

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Albergaria-a-Velha yet.

Net rent across major citiesAlbergaria-a-Velha highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.49 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹²Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 389 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.49 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2026-Q1

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The unemployment rate is about 1.7 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 1.73 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Albergaria-a-Velha is 1.7%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.73 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁴Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Albergaria-a-Velha. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP)

Job SearchRegistrationTraining

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Albergaria-a-Velha. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	300 per 100,000	2024	Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit.⁹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Albergaria-a-Velha when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Albergaria-a-Velha?

Police recorded 3,290 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 3,290 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesAlbergaria-a-Velha highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,290 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,715	31 Dec 2022	INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁵Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VSE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	50 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Albergaria-a-Velha. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

PLA search route through Portal da Oferta Formativa — State Language Course

AIMA / Portal da Oferta Formativa

For migrants seeking Portuguese as a non-native language.

Portuguesevaries

Open official information

Português Língua de Acolhimento (PLA) — State Language Course

AIMA / DGEstE public-school network / IEFP / Centros Qualifica

For migrants aged 16 or older whose mother tongue is not Portuguese, residence-permit holders, people with pending residence/protection/NISS evidence.

PortugueseCEFR A1–B2varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Albergaria-a-Velha.

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in PortugalAnnual PM2.5 in Albergaria-a-Velha is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 70 cities with data, 26 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Estarreja)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	24 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Estarreja)²Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³country median 6.2	31 Dec 2023	European Environment Agency³Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 14.6 · Feb 15.6 · Mar 17.6 · Apr 18.6 · May 20.8 · Jun 22.8 · Jul 24 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 23.7 · Oct 21.4 · Nov 17.3 · Dec 15.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação AVEIRO (Universidade) (nº 702)⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 6.8 · Feb 7.4 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 10.9 · May 13.1 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.4 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 10 · Dec 7.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação AVEIRO (Universidade) (nº 702)⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 10.7 · Feb 11.5 · Mar 13.5 · Apr 14.7 · May 16.9 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 20.2 · Aug 20.5 · Sep 19.5 · Oct 17.4 · Nov 13.7 · Dec 11.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação AVEIRO (Universidade) (nº 702)⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 132.7 · Feb 87 · Mar 81.3 · Apr 95.5 · May 75 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 11.6 · Aug 19.9 · Sep 51.3 · Oct 132.4 · Nov 134.7 · Dec 126.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação AVEIRO (Universidade) (nº 702)⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time6 published observations, 2015–2023

Annual PM2.5 fell 46.7% between 2015 and 2023, from 15.0 to 8.0.

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Portugal cities

Portalegre24,930 residents Lourinhã25,735 residents Seia24,702 residents Odemira26,066 residents Cartaxo24,462 residents Tavira26,167 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 158.8 km² in 2021. Population density was 159 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The published population was 25,252 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	158.8 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official
Foreign residents	1,181 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹³Independent
Population density	159 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹¹Official
Population	25,252 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official

International community in Albergaria-a-Velha

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19

Published group	People	Share
Total	24,840	100.0%
Portuguesa	22,507	90.6%
Estrangeira	2,333	9.4%
América	943	3.8%
África	650	2.6%
Europa	625	2.5%
Brasil	475	1.9%
Venezuela	383	1.5%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	360	1.4%
Angola	340	1.4%
Outros países - Europa	265	1.1%

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Published group	People	Share
França	226	0.9%
Moçambique	160	0.6%
Ásia	110	0.4%
Ucrânia	104	0.4%
Índia	80	0.3%
África do Sul	67	0.3%
Alemanha	48	0.2%
Suíça	47	0.2%
Federação da Rússia	40	0.2%
Estados Unidos da América	38	0.2%
Outros países - África	37	0.1%
Moldávia	36	0.1%
Reino Unido	31	0.1%
Canadá	27	0.1%
Luxemburgo	26	0.1%
Espanha	25	0.1%
Guiné-Bissau	18	0.1%
Outros países - América	17	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	14	0.1%
Cabo Verde	14	0.1%
São Tomé e Príncipe	14	0.1%
China	12	0.0%
Roménia	8	0.0%
Outros	7	0.0%
Itália	6	0.0%
Oceânia	5	0.0%
Bélgica	5	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	4	0.0%
Nepal	4	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Áustria	3	0.0%
Austrália	3	0.0%
Polónia	3	0.0%
Outros países - Oceânia	2	0.0%
Dinamarca	2	0.0%
Lituânia	2	0.0%
Bulgária	1	0.0%
Letónia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Citizenship

Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19

Published group	People	Share
Total	24,840	100.0%
Portuguesa	24,093	97.0%
Estrangeira	747	3.0%
América	412	1.7%
Brasil	300	1.2%
Europa	160	0.6%
Ásia	108	0.4%
Outros países - Europa	87	0.4%
Venezuela	85	0.3%
Índia	78	0.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	73	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
África	67	0.3%
Ucrânia	54	0.2%
Espanha	19	0.1%
França	19	0.1%
Angola	18	0.1%
China	17	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	17	0.1%
Federação da Rússia	16	0.1%
Outros países - África	12	0.0%
Alemanha	10	0.0%
Cabo Verde	9	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	8	0.0%
Itália	8	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	8	0.0%
Moçambique	7	0.0%
África do Sul	7	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	6	0.0%
Moldávia	6	0.0%
Outros países - América	5	0.0%
Reino Unido	5	0.0%
Nepal	4	0.0%
Polónia	4	0.0%
Roménia	4	0.0%
Canadá	3	0.0%
Suíça	3	0.0%
Outros	3	0.0%
Argentina	2	0.0%
Lituânia	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	2	0.0%
Bulgária	1	0.0%
Dinamarca	1	0.0%
Letónia	1	0.0%
Paquistão	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Is Albergaria-a-Velha a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–73%

Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on education · range 64–80%

Student55%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 46–64%

Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–61%

Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–63%

Foreign residents1,181 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population25,252 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)6.49 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.73 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Estarreja)

PM10 — annual mean24 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Estarreja)

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-26

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The published population was 25,252 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Albergaria-a-Velha?

Average net cold rent is 6.49 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 454 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Albergaria-a-Velha?

Police recorded 3,290 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The unemployment rate is about 1.7 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Albergaria-a-Velha?

1,181 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Albergaria-a-Velha a good place to live?

Albergaria-a-Velha may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Europa live in Albergaria-a-Velha?

The official country of birth distribution records 625 people (2.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021-04-19. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal: rent, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/albergaria-a-velha/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_albergaria-a-velha-portugal-rent-jobs_6b87f747ec9b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal: rent, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/albergaria-a-velha/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014632 nationality ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014633 country of birth ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação AVEIRO (Universidade) (nº 702) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14

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Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
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IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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