Living in Santa Marta de Penaguião

The unemployment rate was 2.88% in June 2026. Santa Marta de Penaguião is in Portugal; its population was 7,356 in 2021. For Santa Marta de Penaguião, the foreign population count was 71 in 2023. There were 200 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

Higher unemployment than 75% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Santa Marta de Penaguião?

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 Santa Marta de Penaguião.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent or cost figure is published for Santa Marta de Penaguião yet. Portugal has country-level context; it is not substituted for this city.

Net rent across major citiesSanta Marta de Penaguião highlighted among comparable cities

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Santa Marta de Penaguião?

The unemployment rate is about 2.9 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.88 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Santa Marta de Penaguião is 2.9%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	2.88 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹²Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Santa Marta de Penaguião. 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 Santa Marta de Penaguião. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	200 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 Santa Marta de Penaguião 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 Santa Marta de Penaguião?

Police recorded 1,550 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: 1,550 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesSanta Marta de Penaguião highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,550 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 2022⁴Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VRL, 9.8 km away in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VRL	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	9.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Santa Marta de Penaguião. 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

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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–B2varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Santa Marta de Penaguião.

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 Santa Marta de Penaguião lands among 47 measured cities

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
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.9 · Feb 12.2 · Mar 15.6 · Apr 17.4 · May 21.2 · Jun 25.3 · Jul 28.8 · Aug 29 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 13.2 · Dec 10.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 5.6 · Apr 7.1 · May 9.7 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.9 · Sep 13 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 6 · Dec 3.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.3 · Feb 7.9 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 12.2 · May 15.4 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 7 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 129.4 · Feb 83.6 · Mar 91.1 · Apr 84.8 · May 63.4 · Jun 29.2 · Jul 12.7 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 48.9 · Oct 120.9 · Nov 122.8 · Dec 142.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Arraiolos7,363 residents Mação7,338 residents Borba7,333 residents Vila Nova da Barquinha7,322 residents Vila Nova de Foz Côa7,312 residents Alvaiázere7,287 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 69.3 km² in 2021. Population density was 106.2 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Santa Marta de Penaguião?

The published population was 7,356 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	69.28 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official
Foreign residents	71 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹¹Independent
Population density	106.2 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.¹⁰Official
Population	7,356 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)³Official

International community in Santa Marta de Penaguião

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	6,100	100.0%
Portuguesa	5,885	96.5%
Estrangeira	215	3.5%
Europa	130	2.1%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	100	1.6%
África	58	1.0%
França	54	0.9%
Angola	32	0.5%
Outros países - Europa	30	0.5%
Suíça	25	0.4%
América	23	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Bélgica	20	0.3%
Moçambique	19	0.3%
Brasil	15	0.2%
Roménia	12	0.2%
Alemanha	6	0.1%
Venezuela	6	0.1%
Ásia	4	0.1%
Espanha	4	0.1%
China	3	0.0%
Luxemburgo	3	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	3	0.0%
Cabo Verde	2	0.0%
Reino Unido	2	0.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe	2	0.0%
África do Sul	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Outros países - América	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%

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

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	6,100	100.0%
Portuguesa	6,038	99.0%
Estrangeira	62	1.0%
Europa	35	0.6%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	28	0.5%
Roménia	13	0.2%
África	12	0.2%
América	11	0.2%
Brasil	9	0.1%
Outros países - Europa	7	0.1%
Moçambique	7	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Suíça	6	0.1%
Ásia	4	0.1%
Bélgica	4	0.1%
França	4	0.1%
Angola	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%
Alemanha	2	0.0%
Espanha	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Itália	1	0.0%
Luxemburgo	1	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	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

Is Santa Marta de Penaguião 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 worker62%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–72%

Skilled employee71%strong on work, weak on education · range 62–80%

Student57%strong on safety, weak on education · range 47–67%

Family68%strong on family, weak on education · range 59–77%

Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–70%

Foreign residents71 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population7,356 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Unemployment rate2.88 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean5 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)

PM10 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)

City area69.28 km²2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-01

Common questions

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

How many people live in Santa Marta de Penaguião?

The published population was 7,356 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How safe is Santa Marta de Penaguião?

Police recorded 1,550 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 Santa Marta de Penaguião?

The unemployment rate is about 2.9 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Santa Marta de Penaguião?

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

Is Santa Marta de Penaguião a good place to live?

Santa Marta de Penaguião 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 Santa Marta de Penaguião?

The official country of birth distribution records 130 people (2.1%) 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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APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal: jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/santa-marta-de-penaguiao/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_santa-marta-de-penaguiao-portugal-jobs_dba6fb27d170,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal: jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/santa-marta-de-penaguiao/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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 VILA REAL (nº 567) 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
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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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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