Living in Ferreira do Alentejo

In Ferreira do Alentejo, average gross earnings are €1,410 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €5.11 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 3% (2026).

Ferreira do Alentejo is a city in Portugal, with a population of 8,255 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 2.96% in June 2026. The nearest airport was PRM, 109.2 km away in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population8,255people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,410EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Average net rent5.11EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 18% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate2.96%country median 2.3% — 27% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime4,310incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 58% 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 69% of Portuguese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 77% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 93% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Ferreira do Alentejo?

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 Ferreira do Alentejo.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ferreira do Alentejo?

Average net cold rent is 5.11 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): 5.11 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt¹²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesFerreira do Alentejo highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Braga€8.57

Ferreira do Alentejo€5.11

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MEO fixed fibre⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.11 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt¹²Official

Is Ferreira do Alentejo 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.

Try your profile

Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–68%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–72%

Student54%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 45–63%

Family46%strong on family, weak on education · range 38–54%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–59%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 307 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.11 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 Ferreira do Alentejo?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.96 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Ferreira do Alentejo is 3.0%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

131

0–11–22–33–44–55–66–77–89–1012–13

Ferreira do Alentejo 3.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,410 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)¹Official
Unemployment rate	2.96 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁷Independent

What does a salary buy in Ferreira do Alentejo?

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

Left over each month€568of €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€5.11/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26	− €307
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	€568

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Ferreira do Alentejo Salary needed to live in Ferreira do Alentejo

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	150 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.⁸Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ferreira do Alentejo 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.

Open the official coverage guide

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Ferreira do Alentejo?

Police recorded 4,310 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: 4,310 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 citiesFerreira do Alentejo highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Ferreira do Alentejo4,310

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Matosinhos2,910

Loures2,800

Cascais2,700

Sintra2,640

Vila Nova de Gaia2,570

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,310 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	PRM	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	109.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ferreira do Alentejo. 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

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–B2Cost varies

Open official information

Open the full Portugal section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ferreira do Alentejo.

Find courses near Ferreira do Alentejo

Climate and air quality

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

14°6°

16°6°

19°8°

21°9°

25°12°

30°14°

34°16°

33°17°

29°15°

24°13°

18°9°

15°7°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 14.1 · Feb 15.7 · Mar 18.9 · Apr 21.1 · May 25.3 · Jun 30.2 · Jul 33.5 · Aug 33.4 · Sep 29.3 · Oct 23.9 · Nov 17.9 · Dec 14.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação BEJA (nº 562)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 5.7 · Feb 6 · Mar 7.9 · Apr 9.2 · May 11.7 · Jun 14.2 · Jul 15.8 · Aug 16.6 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 13.2 · Nov 9.2 · Dec 6.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação BEJA (nº 562)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 9.9 · Feb 10.9 · Mar 13.4 · Apr 15.1 · May 18.5 · Jun 22.2 · Jul 24.7 · Aug 25 · Sep 22.3 · Oct 18.5 · Nov 13.6 · Dec 10.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação BEJA (nº 562)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 60.2 · Feb 48.2 · Mar 52.7 · Apr 58.1 · May 45.5 · Jun 12 · Jul 1.1 · Aug 4.4 · Sep 27.4 · Oct 74.4 · Nov 75.9 · Dec 80.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação BEJA (nº 562)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Vila Franca de Xira ±1.4 °C. Elsewhere: Simi Valley (United States) ±2.5 °C, Dos Hermanas (Spain) ±2.2 °C, Cagliari (Italy) ±1.3 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.8 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.9 °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 648.2 km² in 2021. Population density was 12.7 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Ferreira do Alentejo?

The published population was 8,255 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport89%
Foreign residents11%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	648.2 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	908 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹⁶Independent
Population density	12.74 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	8,255 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Ferreira do Alentejo

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	7,684	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,853	89.2%
Estrangeira	831	10.8%
Europa	372	4.8%
Ásia	231	3.0%
Outros países - Europa	187	2.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	185	2.4%
América	130	1.7%
Roménia	115	1.5%
Moldávia	112	1.5%
Índia	101	1.3%

Show 30 more groups

Published group	People	Share
África	98	1.3%
Brasil	63	0.8%
Reino Unido	49	0.6%
Venezuela	49	0.6%
Bangladeche	46	0.6%
Paquistão	42	0.5%
Angola	32	0.4%
Outros países - Ásia	31	0.4%
Outros países - África	26	0.3%
Alemanha	18	0.2%
França	18	0.2%
Suíça	17	0.2%
Moçambique	17	0.2%
Espanha	12	0.2%
Guiné-Bissau	12	0.2%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	12	0.2%
Outros países - América	11	0.1%
Ucrânia	8	0.1%
Cabo Verde	6	0.1%
Nepal	6	0.1%
Bélgica	5	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	5	0.1%
África do Sul	4	0.1%
Hungria	3	0.0%
Canadá	2	0.0%
Irlanda	1	0.0%
Luxemburgo	1	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%
Outros	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	7,684	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,948	90.4%
Estrangeira	736	9.6%
Europa	347	4.5%
Ásia	230	3.0%
Outros países - Europa	177	2.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	170	2.2%
Roménia	124	1.6%
Moldávia	115	1.5%
América	106	1.4%
Índia	100	1.3%

Show 27 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Brasil	56	0.7%
África	53	0.7%
Reino Unido	49	0.6%
Bangladeche	46	0.6%
Paquistão	43	0.6%
Venezuela	37	0.5%
Outros países - Ásia	30	0.4%
Outros países - África	26	0.3%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	13	0.2%
Guiné-Bissau	12	0.2%
Espanha	10	0.1%
Outros países - América	9	0.1%
Ucrânia	8	0.1%
França	7	0.1%
Angola	6	0.1%
Bélgica	6	0.1%
Nepal	6	0.1%
Suíça	5	0.1%
China	5	0.1%
Hungria	4	0.1%
Moçambique	4	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	4	0.1%
Cabo Verde	3	0.0%
Alemanha	3	0.0%
Irlanda	3	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	1	0.0%
África do Sul	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 Ferreira do Alentejo

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.

Amarante as a Ferreira do Alentejo alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 357 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 52,264 Amarante vs 8,255 Ferreira do Alentejo+533%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,010 Amarante vs 4,310 Ferreira do Alentejo−53%
Nearest airport: 29.9 km Amarante vs 109.2 km Ferreira do Alentejo−73%
Rent: €4.63/m² Amarante vs €5.11/m² Ferreira do Alentejo−9%
Unemployment: 2.9% Amarante vs 3.0% Ferreira do Alentejo−4%

Full comparison More about Amarante

Cities near Ferreira do Alentejo

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

Aljustrel 20.5 km away

Rent: 7.43 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Beja 22.4 km away

Rent: 6.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

Other cities in Portugal to compare with Ferreira do Alentejo, nearest in population first.

All Portugal cities

Proença-a-Nova8,314 residents Vila Viçosa8,319 residents Argoncilhe8,181 residents Rebordosa8,414 residents Santo André8,436 residents Campo Maior8,456 residents

How does Ferreira do Alentejo compare?

Pick a city. The answer appears here and the address bar keeps it, so the comparison can be shared; the page stays Ferreira do Alentejo's.

Open the full comparison

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; Ferreira do Alentejo's school authority applies it locally.

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

Put Ferreira do Alentejo's key facts on your site — a card with this page's figures and a link back, free under CC BY 4.0.

Common questions

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

How many people live in Ferreira do Alentejo?

The published population was 8,255 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Ferreira do Alentejo?

Average net cold rent is 5.11 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 358 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Ferreira do Alentejo?

Police recorded 4,310 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 Ferreira do Alentejo?

The unemployment rate is about 3 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Ferreira do Alentejo?

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

Is Ferreira do Alentejo a good place to live?

Ferreira do Alentejo 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 Ferreira do Alentejo?

Aljustrel, Beja are near Ferreira do Alentejo. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Ferreira do Alentejo?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,853 people (89.2%) 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.

Cite this page

Open a format to select or copy this ImmigrationDB compilation citation. The native disclosure and text fallback work without JavaScript.

APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Ferreira do Alentejo, Portugal: population, rent, salary [ImmigrationDB compilation; version fef012ba7e6782a0ef84eb92d15380f7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/ferreira-do-alentejo/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_ferreira-do-alentejo-portugal-population-rent-salary_4658796c51e8,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ferreira do Alentejo, Portugal: population, rent, salary},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {fef012ba7e6782a0ef84eb92d15380f7},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/ferreira-do-alentejo/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Ferreira do Alentejo, Portugal: population, rent, salary](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/ferreira-do-alentejo/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version fef012ba7e6782a0ef84eb92d15380f7; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.

Sources

JSON Markdown

INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
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
IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação BEJA (nº 562) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
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

Show 7 more sources

Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15
www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15
IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26

Spotted a number that looks wrong? Every value here carries its source and date — tell us what you found and we will re-check it against the source.