Living in Ansião

In Ansião, average gross earnings are €1,259 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €4.91 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 1.4% (2026).

The unemployment rate was 1.43% in June 2026. For Ansião, the nearest airport was VSE, 101.1 km away in June 2026. In 2021, Ansião had a population of 18,309.

Last checked 2026-09-2321 sources

Population18,309people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,259EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent4.91EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 21% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.43%country median 2.3% — 39% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime1,620incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 41% belowOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Cheaper rent than 72% of Portuguese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 92% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 96% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Ansião?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ansião?

Average net cold rent is 4.91 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): 4.91 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesAnsião highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Ansião€4.91

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Amadora€13.00

Matosinhos€11.98

Loures€11.73

Sintra€11.24

Vila Nova de Gaia€10.61

Porto€10.15

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MEO fixed fibre⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.91 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹¹Official

Is Ansião a good place to live?

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Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 55–73%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–77%

Student64%strong on safety, weak on education · range 55–73%

Family74%strong on family, weak on education · range 66–82%

Retirement63%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 53–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 295 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.91 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 Ansião?

The unemployment rate is about 1.4 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 1.43 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²¹

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Ansião is 1.4%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Ansião 1.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,259 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)¹Official
Unemployment rate	1.43 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²¹Independent

What does a salary buy in Ansião?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€580of €920 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€920
Rent, 60 m²€4.91/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €295
Internet€30 · official · MEO fixed fibre · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€15 · official · Vodafone Portugal mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €15
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€580

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ansião. 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 Ansião. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	200 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.⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ansião 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 Ansião?

Police recorded 1,620 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: 1,620 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022³

Recorded crime across major citiesAnsião highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Ansião1,620

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,620 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730	31 Dec 2022	INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VSE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	101.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ansião. 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.

PortugueseCost varies

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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–B2Cost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ansião.

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Population and city profile

The city covered 176.1 km² in 2021. Population density was 104 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Ansião?

The published population was 18,309 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	176.1 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	601 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.²⁰Independent
Population density	104 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁹Official
Population	18,309 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Ansião

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	11,642	100.0%
Portuguesa	10,795	92.7%
Estrangeira	847	7.3%
Europa	437	3.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	241	2.1%
África	221	1.9%
Outros países - Europa	196	1.7%
América	158	1.4%
França	156	1.3%
Reino Unido	133	1.1%
Brasil	127	1.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Angola	98	0.8%
Moçambique	85	0.7%
Alemanha	37	0.3%
Suíça	29	0.2%
Ásia	26	0.2%
Ucrânia	26	0.2%
Venezuela	19	0.2%
África do Sul	16	0.1%
Outros países - África	12	0.1%
Espanha	12	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	11	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	8	0.1%
Canadá	8	0.1%
Cabo Verde	8	0.1%
Índia	8	0.1%
Bangladeche	6	0.1%
Bélgica	6	0.1%
Luxemburgo	6	0.1%
Oceânia	5	0.0%
Itália	4	0.0%
Outros países - Oceânia	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	3	0.0%
Outros	3	0.0%
Argentina	2	0.0%
Austrália	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Moldávia	2	0.0%
Outros países - América	1	0.0%
Dinamarca	1	0.0%
Grécia	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Lituânia	1	0.0%
Letónia	1	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Paquistão	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁵

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	11,642	100.0%
Portuguesa	11,249	96.6%
Estrangeira	393	3.4%
Europa	235	2.0%
Outros países - Europa	171	1.5%
Reino Unido	147	1.3%
América	99	0.9%
Brasil	92	0.8%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	64	0.5%
África	32	0.3%
Ásia	24	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
França	17	0.1%
Ucrânia	17	0.1%
Angola	12	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	10	0.1%
Alemanha	9	0.1%
Espanha	8	0.1%
Índia	8	0.1%
Moçambique	7	0.1%
África do Sul	7	0.1%
Bangladeche	6	0.1%
Bélgica	6	0.1%
China	6	0.1%
Cabo Verde	5	0.0%
Irlanda	5	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	4	0.0%
Itália	4	0.0%
Oceânia	3	0.0%
Outros países - Oceânia	3	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	3	0.0%
Outros	3	0.0%
Outros países - América	2	0.0%
Moldávia	2	0.0%
Venezuela	2	0.0%
Suíça	1	0.0%
Grécia	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Letónia	1	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Alternatives for people set on Ansião

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Ansião from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Ansião

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alvaiázere 10.2 km away

Rent: 4.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Penela 13.7 km away

Rent: 5.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Figueiró dos Vinhos 14.3 km away

Rent: 4.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Pombal 16.6 km away

Rent: 5.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Miranda do Corvo 22.1 km away

Rent: 6.25 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Soure 22.6 km away

Rent: 5.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Condeixa-a-Nova 23.0 km away

Rent: 6.29 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

Other cities in Portugal to compare with Ansião, nearest in population first.

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Quinta Do Conde18,285 residents Vila Real de Santo António17,956 residents Amares18,889 residents Lousã17,604 residents Alcochete17,569 residents Montemor-o-Novo17,437 residents

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School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: PLNM (Português Língua Não Materna). How to enrol a child (gov.pt).

A country-wide rule for Portugal; Ansião's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Ansião?

The published population was 18,309 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Ansião?

Average net cold rent is 4.91 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 344 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Ansião?

Police recorded 1,620 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 Ansião?

The unemployment rate is about 1.4 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Ansião?

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

Is Ansião a good place to live?

Ansião 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.

Which cities are near Ansião?

Alvaiázere, Penela, Figueiró dos Vinhos, Pombal, Miranda do Corvo are near Ansião. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Ansião?

The official country of birth distribution records 10,795 people (92.7%) 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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INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022 INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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
MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
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. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15

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