Living in Ourique

In Ourique, average gross earnings are €1,177 a month (2024) and unemployment is 1.4% (2026).

Ourique is a city in Portugal, with a population of 5,389 in 2021. The unemployment rate was 1.43% in June 2026. The nearest airport was PRM, 64.1 km away in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population5,389people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,177EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

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

Recorded crime3,230incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 18% aboveOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Lower unemployment than 92% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 72% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

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

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 Ourique.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Ourique. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€15

Net rent across major citiesOurique highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42

Cascais€16.50

Oeiras€15.42

Almada€13.43

Porto€10.15

Braga€8.57

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Amadora€13.00

Matosinhos€11.98

Loures€11.73

Seixal€11.33

Sintra€11.24

Vila Nova de Gaia€10.61

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

Is Ourique a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–58%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student45%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 35–55%

Family47%strong on family, weak on education · range 38–56%

Retirement44%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 33–55%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Ourique?

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

Unemployment rate: 1.43 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Ourique is 1.4%. 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

Ourique 1.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,177 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 2026¹⁷Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	100 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 Ourique 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 Ourique?

Police recorded 3,230 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: 3,230 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 citiesOurique highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Porto5,240

Lisbon5,090

Almada3,580

Amadora3,330

Ourique3,230

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	3,230 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	64.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

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

15°4°

16°5°

19°7°

21°9°

26°11°

30°14°

34°16°

30°15°

24°12°

18°8°

16°6°

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 14.7 · Feb 16.1 · Mar 19.2 · Apr 21.3 · May 25.5 · Jun 30.5 · Jul 33.8 · Aug 33.7 · Sep 29.6 · Oct 24.3 · Nov 18.5 · Dec 15.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NEVES CORVO (nº 864)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 8.6 · May 11.1 · Jun 14.2 · Jul 15.9 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 12 · Nov 8 · Dec 5.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NEVES CORVO (nº 864)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 9.5 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 13 · Apr 14.9 · May 18.3 · Jun 22.3 · Jul 24.8 · Aug 25 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 18.2 · Nov 13.3 · Dec 10.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NEVES CORVO (nº 864)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 53.7 · Feb 40.6 · Mar 49.9 · Apr 46.1 · May 31.3 · Jun 8 · Jul 0.8 · Aug 4 · Sep 22.4 · Oct 59.9 · Nov 71.4 · Dec 75.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação NEVES CORVO (nº 864)⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Portugal: Vila Franca de Xira ±1.7 °C. Elsewhere: Simi Valley (United States) ±2.3 °C, Granada (Spain) ±1.6 °C, Cagliari (Italy) ±1.6 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.7 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.8 °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 663.3 km² in 2021. Population density was 8.1 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Ourique?

The published population was 5,389 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport91.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	663.3 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official
Foreign residents	477 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹⁶Independent
Population density	8.12 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	5,389 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)²Official

International community in Ourique

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	4,839	100.0%
Portuguesa	4,498	93.0%
Estrangeira	341	7.0%
Europa	248	5.1%
Outros países - Europa	141	2.9%
Reino Unido	108	2.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	107	2.2%
Alemanha	47	1.0%
África	39	0.8%
América	37	0.8%
Brasil	28	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
França	22	0.5%
Angola	21	0.4%
Ásia	17	0.4%
Ucrânia	17	0.4%
Suíça	16	0.3%
China	9	0.2%
Moçambique	9	0.2%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	9	0.2%
Roménia	8	0.2%
Outros países - América	7	0.1%
Espanha	7	0.1%
Bélgica	5	0.1%
Nepal	5	0.1%
Outros países - África	4	0.1%
Itália	3	0.1%
Outros países - Ásia	2	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Irlanda	2	0.0%
Luxemburgo	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Bulgária	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	1	0.0%
Venezuela	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	4,839	100.0%
Portuguesa	4,588	94.8%
Estrangeira	251	5.2%
Europa	196	4.1%
Outros países - Europa	126	2.6%
Reino Unido	103	2.1%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	70	1.4%
América	33	0.7%
Alemanha	32	0.7%
Brasil	25	0.5%
Ásia	17	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Ucrânia	15	0.3%
China	11	0.2%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	9	0.2%
Roménia	8	0.2%
Outros países - América	7	0.1%
Suíça	7	0.1%
África	5	0.1%
Bélgica	5	0.1%
Espanha	5	0.1%
Nepal	5	0.1%
França	4	0.1%
Irlanda	4	0.1%
Angola	3	0.1%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	1	0.0%
Bulgária	1	0.0%
Itália	1	0.0%
Moçambique	1	0.0%
Polónia	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	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 source⁴

Alternatives for people set on Ourique

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.

Alcobaça as an Ourique alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 221 km, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Residents: 55,597 Alcobaça vs 5,389 Ourique+932%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,290 Alcobaça vs 3,230 Ourique−29%
Unemployment: 1.7% Alcobaça vs 1.4% Ourique+18%
Nearest airport: 86.6 km Alcobaça vs 64.1 km Ourique+35%

Full comparison More about Alcobaça

Cities near Ourique

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

Castro Verde 13.7 km away

Rent: 5.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Almodôvar 21.2 km away

Rent: 5.14 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Velas5,398 residents Bobadela5,439 residents Sandim5,461 residents Golegã5,465 residents Aguiar da Beira5,473 residents Porto Santo5,483 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; Ourique'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 Ourique?

The published population was 5,389 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How safe is Ourique?

Police recorded 3,230 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 Ourique?

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

How many foreign residents live in Ourique?

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

Is Ourique a good place to live?

Ourique 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 Ourique?

Castro Verde, Almodôvar are near Ourique. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Ourique?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,498 people (93.0%) 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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  title = {Ourique, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
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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 NEVES CORVO (nº 864) 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

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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

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