Living in Cartaxo

Cartaxo, a city in Portugal, had a population of 24,462 in 2021. The foreign population count was 1,497 in 2023. The unemployment rate was 1.69% in June 2026.

Lower unemployment than 78% of Portuguese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 74% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Cartaxo.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Cartaxo?

Average net cold rent is 5.98 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): 5.98 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹¹

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

Net rent across major citiesCartaxo highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.98 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 359 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.98 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 Cartaxo?

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

Unemployment rate: 1.69 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³

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

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.69 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹³Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Cartaxo. 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

Open the Portugal service overview

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	230 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 Cartaxo 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 Cartaxo?

Police recorded 2,830 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: 2,830 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 citiesCartaxo highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,830 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 2022³Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was LIS, 51.1 km away, with 103 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	103 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	LIS	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	51.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

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

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Cartaxo?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency¹

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 Cartaxo is 5.0 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
PM2.5 — annual mean	5 µg/m³country median 6.2	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 14.8 · Feb 16.6 · Mar 19.6 · Apr 21.2 · May 24.6 · Jun 28.3 · Jul 30.8 · Aug 31.5 · Sep 29 · Oct 23.9 · Nov 18.1 · Dec 15.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SANTARÉM (Fonte Boa) (nº 734)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 5.8 · Feb 6.5 · Mar 8.6 · Apr 10.1 · May 12.4 · Jun 14.8 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.7 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 13.1 · Nov 9.4 · Dec 7 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SANTARÉM (Fonte Boa) (nº 734)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 10.3 · Feb 11.5 · Mar 14.1 · Apr 15.7 · May 18.5 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 23.6 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 22.2 · Oct 18.5 · Nov 13.8 · Dec 11.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SANTARÉM (Fonte Boa) (nº 734)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 80.3 · Feb 54.4 · Mar 55.6 · Apr 57.2 · May 44.8 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 3.3 · Aug 5.3 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 89.5 · Nov 95.4 · Dec 80.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação SANTARÉM (Fonte Boa) (nº 734)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time10 published observations, 2015–2024

Annual PM2.5 fell 54.5% between 2015 and 2024, from 11.0 to 5.0.

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Seia24,702 residents Portalegre24,930 residents Mirandela23,850 residents Vizela23,736 residents Albergaria-a-Velha25,252 residents Almeirim23,376 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 158.2 km² in 2021. Population density was 154.7 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Cartaxo?

The published population was 24,462 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	158.2 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	1,497 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹²Independent
Population density	154.7 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	24,462 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Cartaxo

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	23,186	100.0%
Portuguesa	21,352	92.1%
Estrangeira	1,834	7.9%
América	614	2.6%
Brasil	556	2.4%
Europa	515	2.2%
África	499	2.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	294	1.3%
Angola	269	1.2%
Outros países - Europa	221	1.0%
Ásia	205	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
França	156	0.7%
Moçambique	141	0.6%
Ucrânia	107	0.5%
Paquistão	85	0.4%
Reino Unido	38	0.2%
China	36	0.2%
Moldávia	36	0.2%
Alemanha	33	0.1%
Índia	31	0.1%
Cabo Verde	29	0.1%
Outros países - África	28	0.1%
Suíça	28	0.1%
Venezuela	28	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	21	0.1%
Espanha	20	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	19	0.1%
Nepal	18	0.1%
Roménia	17	0.1%
África do Sul	17	0.1%
Bangladeche	14	0.1%
Bélgica	12	0.1%
Outros países - América	11	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	10	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	10	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	9	0.0%
Irlanda	7	0.0%
Argentina	6	0.0%
Bulgária	6	0.0%
Itália	6	0.0%
Luxemburgo	5	0.0%
Polónia	5	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	5	0.0%
Canadá	4	0.0%
Dinamarca	3	0.0%
Lituânia	3	0.0%
Outros	2	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Outros países - Oceânia	1	0.0%
Áustria	1	0.0%
Suécia	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	23,186	100.0%
Portuguesa	22,191	95.7%
Estrangeira	995	4.3%
América	491	2.1%
Brasil	463	2.0%
Europa	226	1.0%
Ásia	202	0.9%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	114	0.5%
Outros países - Europa	112	0.5%
Paquistão	93	0.4%
África	76	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Ucrânia	76	0.3%
China	38	0.2%
Índia	28	0.1%
Angola	27	0.1%
Roménia	22	0.1%
Moçambique	21	0.1%
França	20	0.1%
Reino Unido	18	0.1%
Nepal	18	0.1%
Venezuela	16	0.1%
Bangladeche	14	0.1%
Espanha	14	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	13	0.1%
Moldávia	12	0.1%
Outros países - África	11	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	11	0.0%
Cabo Verde	11	0.0%
Alemanha	9	0.0%
Itália	9	0.0%
Bélgica	7	0.0%
Outros países - América	6	0.0%
Polónia	5	0.0%
Bulgária	4	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	4	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Dinamarca	3	0.0%
Lituânia	3	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	3	0.0%
África do Sul	3	0.0%
Suíça	2	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
Letónia	1	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%

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

Is Cartaxo 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 worker69%strong on work, weak on safety · range 61–77%

Skilled employee73%strong on work, weak on education · range 65–81%

Student58%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 49–67%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–66%

Retirement63%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 54–72%

Foreign residents1,497 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population24,462 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)5.98 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.69 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

PM2.5 — annual mean5 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · European Environment Agency

City area158.2 km²2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

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 Cartaxo?

The published population was 24,462 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Cartaxo?

Average net cold rent is 5.98 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 419 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Cartaxo?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Cartaxo?

Police recorded 2,830 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 Cartaxo?

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

How many foreign residents live in Cartaxo?

1,497 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..

Is Cartaxo a good place to live?

Cartaxo 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 Cartaxo?

The official country of birth distribution records 515 people (2.2%) 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). Cartaxo, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/cartaxo/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cartaxo, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/cartaxo/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
INE — Portal municipal (quadro) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-14
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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 SANTARÉM (Fonte Boa) (nº 734) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
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

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IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

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