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Living in Carregal do Sal

In Carregal do Sal, average gross earnings are €1,294 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €4.69 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 2.5% (2026).

Carregal do Sal had 9,835 residents in 2021 and is a city in Portugal. The unemployment rate was 2.48% in June 2026. The foreign population count was 328 in 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2326 sources

Population9,835people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)
Average gross salary1,294EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)
Average net rent4.69EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 24% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt
Unemployment rate2.48%country median 2.3% — 6% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026
Recorded crime2,960incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 8% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Cheaper rent than 77% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 63% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Carregal do Sal?

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

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Carregal do Sal?

Average net cold rent is 4.69 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): 4.69 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt15
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Carregal do Sal recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€15
Net rent across major citiesCarregal do Sal highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Carregal do Sal highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42
Cascais€16.50
Oeiras€15.42
Almada€13.43
Braga€8.57
Carregal do Sal€4.69
Show the other 6 cities
Amadora€13.00
Matosinhos€11.98
Loures€11.73
Sintra€11.24
Vila Nova de Gaia€10.61
Porto€10.15
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MEO fixed fibre9Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB15 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Vodafone Portugal mobile plan14Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2026 Aug 2026www.ine.pt15Official

Is Carregal do Sal 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 worker60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–69%
Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–74%
Student58%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 49–67%
Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–65%
Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 281 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.69 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 Carregal do Sal?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (June 2026).

  • Unemployment rate: 2.48 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202626
Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Carregal do Sal is 2.5%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,294 EUR/month31 Dec 2024INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)3Official
Unemployment rate2.48 %country median 2.3%30 Jun 2026IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202626Independent

What does a salary buy in Carregal do Sal?

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

Portugal median gross pay: €1,099 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€594of €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€4.69/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26− €281
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€594
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Carregal do Sal Salary needed to live in Carregal do Sal

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Carregal do Sal. 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

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents170 per 100,0002024Official 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.10Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Carregal do Sal 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 Carregal do Sal?

Police recorded 2,960 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: 2,960 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 citiesCarregal do Sal highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Carregal do Sal highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240
Lisbon5,090
Almada3,580
Amadora3,330
Carregal do Sal2,960
Matosinhos2,910
Loures2,800
Cascais2,700
Sintra2,640
Vila Nova de Gaia2,570
Braga2,440
Oeiras2,380
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,960 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,73031 Dec 2022INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20225Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VSE, 33.8 km away in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportVSE13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv11Official
Distance to nearest airport33.8 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv11Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Carregal do Sal. 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

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
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Carregal do Sal.

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Climate and air quality

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.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Carregal do Sal lands among 49 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean1 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Fornelo do Monte)1Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Fornelo do Monte)2Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 12.2 · Feb 13.9 · Mar 17 · Apr 18.7 · May 22.3 · Jun 26.5 · Jul 30.1 · Aug 30.3 · Sep 26.7 · Oct 21.1 · Nov 15.4 · Dec 12.9 °C31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NELAS (nº 685)8Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 3.7 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 7.7 · May 10.3 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.8 · Sep 13.1 · Oct 10.4 · Nov 6.7 · Dec 4.4 °C31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NELAS (nº 685)8Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 7.9 · Feb 9 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 13.2 · May 16.3 · Jun 19.6 · Jul 22.3 · Aug 22.6 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 15.8 · Nov 11.1 · Dec 8.7 °C31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NELAS (nº 685)8Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 140.2 · Feb 94.3 · Mar 89.8 · Apr 98.3 · May 73.3 · Jun 28.8 · Jul 11.2 · Aug 19.9 · Sep 51.5 · Oct 128.3 · Nov 128.9 · Dec 134.4 mm31 Dec 1991IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NELAS (nº 685)8Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Gondomar ±2.2 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±3.0 °C, Ventura (United States) ±3.0 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.2 °C, Gresham (United States) ±2.0 °C, Vancouver (United States) ±2.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 116.9 km² in 2021. Population density was 84.1 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Carregal do Sal?

The published population was 9,835 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.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area116.9 km²2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)4Official
Foreign residents328 people2023Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.25Independent
Population density84.14 people/km²2021Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.12Official
Population9,835 people2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)4Official

International community in Carregal do Sal

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 groupPeopleShare
Total9,038100.0%
Portuguesa8,39592.9%
Estrangeira6437.1%
Europa2923.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)2022.2%
América1812.0%
África1561.7%
Brasil1431.6%
França1181.3%
Angola951.1%
Outros países - Europa901.0%
Show 32 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Moçambique480.5%
Suíça470.5%
Alemanha410.5%
Reino Unido330.4%
Estados Unidos da América160.2%
Ásia120.1%
Bélgica120.1%
Venezuela120.1%
Luxemburgo90.1%
Outros países - Ásia70.1%
Outros países - África60.1%
Roménia60.1%
Outros países - América50.1%
China50.1%
Espanha50.1%
Moldávia40.0%
Canadá30.0%
Itália30.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)30.0%
Federação da Rússia30.0%
Oceânia20.0%
Argentina20.0%
Austrália20.0%
Cabo Verde20.0%
Dinamarca20.0%
Guiné-Bissau20.0%
Suécia20.0%
Ucrânia20.0%
África do Sul20.0%
Chéquia10.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe10.0%
Outros10.0%

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 groupPeopleShare
Total9,038100.0%
Portuguesa8,82497.6%
Estrangeira2142.4%
América1101.2%
Brasil1011.1%
Europa770.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)480.5%
Outros países - Europa290.3%
Reino Unido240.3%
Ásia140.2%
África130.1%
Show 21 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Bélgica100.1%
Alemanha100.1%
França90.1%
China80.1%
Roménia70.1%
Outros países - Ásia60.1%
Angola60.1%
Outros países - América50.1%
Outros países - África40.0%
Itália40.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)40.0%
Estados Unidos da América30.0%
Suíça20.0%
Moçambique20.0%
Federação da Rússia20.0%
Suécia20.0%
Cabo Verde10.0%
Dinamarca10.0%
Espanha10.0%
Venezuela10.0%
Outros10.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Carregal do Sal

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Mortágua as a Carregal do Sal alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Unemployment: 0.8% Mortágua vs 2.5% Carregal do Sal−67%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,000 Mortágua vs 2,960 Carregal do Sal−32%
  • Rent: €4.36/m² Mortágua vs €4.69/m² Carregal do Sal−7%
  • Nearest airport: 47.1 km Mortágua vs 33.8 km Carregal do Sal+39%
  • Residents: 9,607 Mortágua vs 9,835 Carregal do Sal−2%

Amarante as a Carregal do Sal alternative in the same country

93 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 52,264 Amarante vs 9,835 Carregal do Sal+431%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 2,960 Carregal do Sal−32%
  • Unemployment: 2.9% Amarante vs 2.5% Carregal do Sal+15%
  • Nearest airport: 29.9 km Amarante vs 33.8 km Carregal do Sal−12%
  • Rent: €4.63/m² Amarante vs €4.69/m² Carregal do Salsame level

Cities near Carregal do Sal

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

Tábua 7.9 km away
Rent
4.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Tondela 11.6 km away
Rent
5.66 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Santa Comba Dão 11.9 km away
Rent
4.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Nelas 15.7 km away
Rent
4.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Mortágua 19.2 km away
Rent
4.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
São Romão 24.2 km away
Rent
4.24 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31
Arganil 24.5 km away
Rent
4.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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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; Carregal do Sal's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Carregal do Sal?

The published population was 9,835 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Carregal do Sal?

Average net cold rent is 4.69 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 328 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Carregal do Sal?

Police recorded 2,960 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 Carregal do Sal?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Carregal do Sal?

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

Is Carregal do Sal a good place to live?

Carregal do Sal 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 Carregal do Sal?

Tábua, Tondela, Santa Comba Dão, Oliveira do Hospital, Nelas are near Carregal do Sal. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Carregal do Sal?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,395 people (92.9%) 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, October 16). Carregal do Sal, Portugal: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 36dbc827392f0d75ceca7c427c979876]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/carregal-do-sal/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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