Living in Ribeira de Pena

In Ribeira de Pena, average gross earnings are €1,286 a month (2024) and unemployment is 3.1% (2026).

In 2021, population density was 30.1 people per km². The unemployment rate was 3.09% in June 2026. There were 190 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. Its population was 6,544 in 2021. The city covered 217.5 km² in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2326 sources

Population6,544people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average gross salary1,286EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)

Unemployment rate3.09%country median 2.3% — 33% aboveIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime2,500incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 8% belowOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022

Higher unemployment than 80% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 63% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Ribeira de Pena?

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 Ribeira de Pena.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Ribeira de Pena. 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 citiesRibeira de Pena 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 fibre⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone Portugal mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market

Is Ribeira de Pena a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on housing · range 45–65%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student53%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 43–63%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–67%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Ribeira de Pena?

The unemployment rate is about 3.1 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 3.09 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁶

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Ribeira de Pena is 3.1%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

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Ribeira de Pena 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,286 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)³Official
Unemployment rate	3.09 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁶Independent

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	190 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.¹⁰Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ribeira de Pena 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 Ribeira de Pena?

Police recorded 2,500 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: 2,500 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 citiesRibeira de Pena 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

Ribeira de Pena2,500

Braga2,440

Oeiras2,380

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,500 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 2022⁵Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VRL, 27.8 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VRL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	27.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ribeira de Pena. 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 Ribeira de Pena.

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Climate and air quality

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM1010WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂5WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM10 across cities in PortugalWhere Ribeira de Pena lands among 49 measured cities

7–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2122–2323–2424–2528–2939–40

Ribeira de Pena 10.0

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 17.41 · Feb 18.98 · Mar 21.43 · Apr 25.55 · May 30.77 · Jun 38.49 · Jul 39.67 · Aug 40.27 · Sep 39.82 · Oct 32.72 · Nov 21.24 · Dec 16.04 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -4.69 · Feb -5.56 · Mar -5.69 · Apr -2.77 · May -0.7 · Jun 4.05 · Jul 7.02 · Aug 6.75 · Sep 4.32 · Oct -0.99 · Nov -5.26 · Dec -8.56 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.84 · Feb 5.39 · Mar 7.94 · Apr 10.52 · May 13.94 · Jun 18.6 · Jul 22.13 · Aug 22.26 · Sep 18.98 · Oct 13.57 · Nov 7.85 · Dec 5.06 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Ribeira de Pena?

The published population was 6,544 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	217.5 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official
Foreign residents	125 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.²⁵Independent
Population density	30.09 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹²Official
Population	6,544 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)⁴Official

International community in Ribeira de Pena

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	5,884	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,553	94.4%
Estrangeira	331	5.6%
Europa	259	4.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	214	3.6%
França	155	2.6%
Outros países - Europa	45	0.8%
Suíça	40	0.7%
América	36	0.6%
Brasil	28	0.5%
África	27	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Alemanha	27	0.5%
Angola	18	0.3%
Espanha	13	0.2%
Bélgica	11	0.2%
Ásia	9	0.2%
China	9	0.2%
Moçambique	8	0.1%
Luxemburgo	7	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	5	0.1%
Outros	4	0.1%
Canadá	3	0.1%
Reino Unido	1	0.0%
Eslováquia	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 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 group	People	Share
Total	5,884	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,827	99.0%
Estrangeira	57	1.0%
Europa	23	0.4%
América	20	0.3%
Brasil	19	0.3%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	18	0.3%
Ásia	11	0.2%
China	11	0.2%
França	8	0.1%
Espanha	6	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Outros países - Europa	5	0.1%
África	3	0.1%
Angola	3	0.1%
Outros	3	0.1%
Suíça	2	0.0%
Alemanha	2	0.0%
Bélgica	1	0.0%
Eslováquia	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 source⁶

Alternatives for people set on Ribeira de Pena

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.

Vila Pouca de Aguiar as a Ribeira de Pena alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 13,187 Vila Pouca de Aguiar vs 6,544 Ribeira de Pena+102%
Unemployment: 2.3% Vila Pouca de Aguiar vs 3.1% Ribeira de Pena−26%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,070 Vila Pouca de Aguiar vs 2,500 Ribeira de Pena−17%
Nearest airport: 24.4 km Vila Pouca de Aguiar vs 27.8 km Ribeira de Pena−12%

Full comparison More about Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Póvoa de Varzim as a Ribeira de Pena alternative in the same country

81 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 63,408 Póvoa de Varzim vs 6,544 Ribeira de Pena+869%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,930 Póvoa de Varzim vs 2,500 Ribeira de Pena−23%
Unemployment: 2.7% Póvoa de Varzim vs 3.1% Ribeira de Pena−14%
Nearest airport: 17.2 km Póvoa de Varzim vs 27.8 km Ribeira de Pena−38%

Full comparison More about Póvoa de Varzim

Cities near Ribeira de Pena

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

Vila Pouca de Aguiar 14.4 km away

Rent: 3.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Refojos de Basto 16.3 km away

Rent: 3.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31

Cabeceiras de Basto 16.7 km away

Rent: 3.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Mondim de Basto 18.0 km away

Rent: 4.05 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Celorico de Basto 22.2 km away

Rent: 3.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Vidago 23.3 km away

Rent: 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31

Alternative cities in Portugal

Other cities in Portugal to compare with Ribeira de Pena, nearest in population first.

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Quinta do Anjo6,599 residents Valença6,601 residents Portel6,428 residents Ponte6,687 residents Caneças6,688 residents Vila Flor6,697 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; Ribeira de Pena'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 Ribeira de Pena?

The published population was 6,544 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How safe is Ribeira de Pena?

Police recorded 2,500 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 Ribeira de Pena?

The unemployment rate is about 3.1 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Ribeira de Pena?

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

Is Ribeira de Pena a good place to live?

Ribeira de Pena 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 Ribeira de Pena?

Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Refojos de Basto, Cabeceiras de Basto, Mondim de Basto, Boticas are near Ribeira de Pena. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Ribeira de Pena?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,553 people (94.4%) 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 = {Ribeira de Pena, Portugal: population, salary, jobs, safety},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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