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Living in Vale de Cambra

In Vale de Cambra, average gross earnings are €1,471 a month (2024), rents in new contracts average €5.72 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 1.3% (2026).

There were 400 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The population of Vale de Cambra, in Portugal, was 22,864 in 2021. The city covered 147.3 km² in 2021. Population density was 155.2 people per km² in 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2329 sources

Population22,864people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)
Average gross salary1,471EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)
Average net rent5.72EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.20 — 8% belowOfficial source · www.ine.pt
Unemployment rate1.33%country median 2.3% — 43% belowIndependent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026
Recorded crime1,970incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 — 28% belowOfficial source · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³country median 6.2 — 30% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 94% of Portuguese cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 90% of Portuguese cities that publish it.

Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Vale de Cambra?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vale de Cambra?

Average net cold rent is 5.72 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): 5.72 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt18
What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Vale de Cambra recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€40
Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€15
Net rent across major citiesVale de Cambra highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Vale de Cambra highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Lisbon€17.42
Cascais€16.50
Oeiras€15.42
Almada€13.43
Braga€8.57
Vale de Cambra€5.72
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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MEO fixed fibre11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB15 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Vodafone Portugal mobile plan17Official · national market
Monthly transport pass40 EUR/month31 Dec 2026Andante / Transportes Metropolitanos do Porto1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.72 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2026 Aug 2026www.ine.pt18Official

Is Vale de Cambra 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 worker67%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 59–75%
Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on education · range 64–80%
Student64%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 55–73%
Family73%strong on family, weak on education · range 65–81%
Retirement65%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 56–74%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 343 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.72 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

The unemployment rate was 1.33% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Vale de Cambra?

The unemployment rate is about 1.3 % (June 2026).

  • Unemployment rate: 1.33 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202629
Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Vale de Cambra is 1.3%. Of 279 cities with data, 131 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings1,471 EUR/month31 Dec 2024INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal)6Official
Unemployment rate1.33 %country median 2.3%30 Jun 2026IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202629Independent

What does a salary buy in Vale de Cambra?

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

Portugal median gross pay: €1,099 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€492of €920 take-home
  • Rent
  • Transport
  • 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€5.72/m² · official · ine.pt · 2026-08-26− €343
Public transport pass€40 · official · Andante / Transportes Metropolitanos do Porto · 2026-12-31− €40
Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city—
Internet€30 · official · MEO fixed fibre · 2026-09-30− €30
Mobile plan€15 · official · Vodafone Portugal mobile plan · 2026-09-30− €15
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish€492
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Vale de Cambra Salary needed to live in Vale de Cambra

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Vale de Cambra. 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

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Physicians per 100,000 residents400 per 100,0002024Official 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.13Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vale de Cambra 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 Vale de Cambra?

Police recorded 1,970 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: 1,970 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20228
Recorded crime across major citiesVale de Cambra highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Vale de Cambra highlighted

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
Braga2,440
Oeiras2,380
Vale de Cambra1,970
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,970 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,73031 Dec 2022INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20228Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VSE, 45.2 km away in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportVSE13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official
Distance to nearest airport45.2 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv14Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Vale de Cambra. 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

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
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Vale de Cambra.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Vale de Cambra?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency5

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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 Vale de Cambra is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 72 cities with data, 27 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Estarreja)3Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean24 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Estarreja)4Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³country median 6.231 Dec 2023European Environment Agency5Official
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 17.5 · Feb 21.27 · Mar 26.55 · Apr 27.23 · May 34.69 · Jun 38.62 · Jul 39.64 · Aug 41.53 · Sep 39.32 · Oct 32.99 · Nov 23.62 · Dec 17.13 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -4.26 · Feb -4.79 · Mar -4.81 · Apr -1.9 · May 0.47 · Jun 5.02 · Jul 6.2 · Aug 7.66 · Sep 5.77 · Oct 0.29 · Nov -2.52 · Dec -4.9 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Average temperature by monthJan 6.37 · Feb 6.79 · Mar 9.06 · Apr 11.35 · May 14.47 · Jun 18.43 · Jul 21.04 · Aug 21.31 · Sep 18.98 · Oct 14.44 · Nov 9.26 · Dec 6.81 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center12Official
Annual PM2.5 over time6 published observations, 2015–2023

Annual PM2.5 fell 46.7% between 2015 and 2023, from 15.0 to 8.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Vale de Cambra?

The published population was 22,864 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area147.3 km²2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)7Official
Foreign residents830 people2023Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.28Independent
Population density155.2 people/km²2021Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.15Official
Population22,864 people2021INE — Portal municipal (quadro)7Official

International community in Vale de Cambra

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 groupPeopleShare
Total21,269100.0%
Portuguesa19,88993.5%
Estrangeira1,3806.5%
América5982.8%
Europa5002.4%
Brasil4602.2%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)3511.7%
África2501.2%
França2341.1%
Angola1500.7%
Outros países - Europa1490.7%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Venezuela1050.5%
Suíça590.3%
Ucrânia570.3%
Moçambique530.2%
Alemanha370.2%
Luxemburgo330.2%
Ásia300.1%
Espanha210.1%
Reino Unido200.1%
África do Sul160.1%
China150.1%
Outros países - África140.1%
Estados Unidos da América130.1%
Outros países - América110.1%
Bélgica80.0%
Canadá80.0%
Federação da Rússia80.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe80.0%
Guiné-Bissau70.0%
Outros países - Ásia60.0%
Itália50.0%
Índia40.0%
Outros40.0%
Bulgária30.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)30.0%
Paquistão30.0%
Oceânia20.0%
Cabo Verde20.0%
Dinamarca20.0%
Nepal20.0%
Roménia20.0%
Outros países - Oceânia10.0%
Argentina10.0%
Austrália10.0%
Irlanda10.0%
Moldávia10.0%
Polónia10.0%
Suécia10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

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 groupPeopleShare
Total21,269100.0%
Portuguesa20,73297.5%
Estrangeira5372.5%
América3801.8%
Brasil3421.6%
Europa900.4%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)520.2%
África400.2%
Outros países - Europa380.2%
Ásia260.1%
Ucrânia220.1%
Show 30 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
França210.1%
Venezuela210.1%
Angola200.1%
China150.1%
Outros países - América90.0%
Outros países - África80.0%
Espanha70.0%
Estados Unidos da América70.0%
Suíça60.0%
Alemanha60.0%
Itália60.0%
São Tomé e Príncipe60.0%
Reino Unido50.0%
Índia40.0%
Outros países - Ásia30.0%
Bélgica30.0%
Bulgária30.0%
Cabo Verde30.0%
Luxemburgo30.0%
Federação da Rússia30.0%
Guiné-Bissau20.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)20.0%
Nepal20.0%
Paquistão20.0%
Outros20.0%
Oceânia10.0%
Outros países - Oceânia10.0%
Argentina10.0%
Dinamarca10.0%
África do Sul10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Alternatives for people set on Vale de Cambra

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.

Sever do Vouga as a Vale de Cambra alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Rent: €4.64/m² Sever do Vouga vs €5.72/m² Vale de Cambra−19%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,330 Sever do Vouga vs 1,970 Vale de Cambra+18%
  • Residents: 12,356 Sever do Vouga vs 22,864 Vale de Cambra−46%
  • Unemployment: 1.2% Sever do Vouga vs 1.3% Vale de Cambra−13%
  • Nearest airport: 40.3 km Sever do Vouga vs 45.2 km Vale de Cambra−11%

Cities near Vale de Cambra

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

São Roque 6.5 km away
Rent
5.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Branca 11.6 km away
Rent
6.49 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-03-31
Santa Maria da Feira 14.5 km away
Rent
6.63 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26
Salary
1,222 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2022-12-31
Sever do Vouga 15.1 km away
Rent
4.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-26

Alternative cities in Portugal

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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; Vale de Cambra's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Vale de Cambra?

The published population was 22,864 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Vale de Cambra?

Average net cold rent is 5.72 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 400 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

Is the air quality good in Vale de Cambra?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Vale de Cambra?

Police recorded 1,970 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 Vale de Cambra?

The unemployment rate is about 1.3 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Vale de Cambra?

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

Is Vale de Cambra a good place to live?

Vale de Cambra 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 Vale de Cambra?

Macieira de Cambra, São Roque, Oliveira de Azeméis, São João da Madeira, Branca are near Vale de Cambra. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Portuguesa live in Vale de Cambra?

The official country of birth distribution records 19,889 people (93.5%) 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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