Living in Vouzela

The foreign population count was 260 in 2023. Vouzela is in Portugal; its population was 10,564 in 2021. In June 2026, the unemployment rate was 1.97%. There were 200 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024.

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

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 Vouzela.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vouzela?

Average net cold rent is 5.69 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): 5.69 EUR/m²/month · www.ine.pt⁹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Vouzela yet.

Net rent across major citiesVouzela highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.69 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.19	26 Aug 2026	www.ine.pt⁹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 341 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.69 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 Vouzela?

The unemployment rate is about 2 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 1.97 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹¹

Unemployment across cities in PortugalUnemployment in Vouzela is 2.0%. Of 251 cities with data, 118 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	1.97 %country median 2.3%	30 Jun 2026	IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026¹¹Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Vouzela. 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 Vouzela. 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.⁶Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vouzela 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 Vouzela?

Police recorded 2,590 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: 2,590 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022²

Recorded crime across major citiesVouzela highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,590 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 2022²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	VSE	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	19.4 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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–B2varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Vouzela.

Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 1.34 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 8.29 µg/m³ in 2024.

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 Vouzela lands among 47 measured cities

annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	1.34 µg/m³country median 10.5	2024	official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found¹²Independent
PM10 — annual mean	8.29 µg/m³country median 18.6	2024	official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found¹²Independent
Average daytime high by month	Jan 10.6 · Feb 12.2 · Mar 15.2 · Apr 16.7 · May 20.1 · Jun 24.3 · Jul 28 · Aug 28.3 · Sep 24.6 · Oct 19 · Nov 13.4 · Dec 11.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VISEU (nº 560)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 3.9 · Feb 4.3 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 7.3 · May 9.8 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 15.1 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 4.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VISEU (nº 560)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 7.3 · Feb 8.3 · Mar 10.7 · Apr 12 · May 15 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 21.7 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 15 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 8 °C	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VISEU (nº 560)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 176.4 · Feb 112.7 · Mar 110.2 · Apr 121.7 · May 93.5 · Jun 35.1 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 63.3 · Oct 163.5 · Nov 158.5 · Dec 181.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VISEU (nº 560)⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Portugal

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

All Portugal cities

Murtosa10,585 residents Montalegre10,537 residents São Brás de Alportel10,662 residents Vila Franca do Campo10,323 residents Reguengos de Monsaraz10,828 residents Oliveira de Frades10,261 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 193.7 km² in 2021. Population density was 54.5 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Vouzela?

The published population was 10,564 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro)¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	193.7 km²	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)¹Official
Foreign residents	260 people	2023	Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.¹⁰Independent
Population density	54.54 people/km²	2021	Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.⁸Official
Population	10,564 people	2021	INE — Portal municipal (quadro)¹Official

International community in Vouzela

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	9,580	100.0%
Portuguesa	9,055	94.5%
Estrangeira	525	5.5%
Europa	222	2.3%
África	161	1.7%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	156	1.6%
América	135	1.4%
Brasil	115	1.2%
Angola	110	1.1%
França	77	0.8%
Outros países - Europa	66	0.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Alemanha	46	0.5%
Suíça	43	0.4%
Moçambique	29	0.3%
Venezuela	14	0.1%
Reino Unido	11	0.1%
Luxemburgo	11	0.1%
Espanha	8	0.1%
Outros países - África	7	0.1%
São Tomé e Príncipe	7	0.1%
Ásia	6	0.1%
Ucrânia	6	0.1%
Bélgica	5	0.1%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	5	0.1%
Estados Unidos da América	5	0.1%
África do Sul	4	0.0%
Cabo Verde	3	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	3	0.0%
Bangladeche	2	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Outros	2	0.0%
Outros países - Ásia	1	0.0%
Oceânia	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Austrália	1	0.0%
China	1	0.0%
Guiné-Bissau	1	0.0%
Irlanda	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Moldávia	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

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	9,580	100.0%
Portuguesa	9,421	98.3%
Estrangeira	159	1.7%
América	82	0.9%
Brasil	80	0.8%
Europa	50	0.5%
União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020)	32	0.3%
África	22	0.2%
Outros países - Europa	18	0.2%
Angola	12	0.1%
França	10	0.1%

Show 22 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Alemanha	9	0.1%
Reino Unido	7	0.1%
São Tomé e Príncipe	7	0.1%
Ucrânia	6	0.1%
Ásia	5	0.1%
Espanha	4	0.0%
Países Baixos (Reino dos)	3	0.0%
Federação da Rússia	3	0.0%
Bangladeche	2	0.0%
Bélgica	2	0.0%
Itália	2	0.0%
Estados Unidos da América	2	0.0%
Outros países - África	1	0.0%
Suíça	1	0.0%
China	1	0.0%
Cabo Verde	1	0.0%
Irlanda	1	0.0%
Índia	1	0.0%
Moçambique	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%
Roménia	1	0.0%
Outros	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Is Vouzela 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 worker71%strong on work, weak on safety · range 63–79%

Skilled employee73%strong on work, weak on education · range 65–81%

Student60%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 51–69%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 54–70%

Retirement65%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 56–74%

Foreign residents260 people2023Independent source · Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.

Population10,564 people2021Official source · INE — Portal municipal (quadro)

Average net rent (nettokalt)5.69 EUR/m²/month26 Aug 2026Official source · www.ine.pt

Unemployment rate1.97 %30 Jun 2026Independent source · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

NO₂ — annual mean1.34 µg/m³2024Independent source · official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found

PM10 — annual mean8.29 µg/m³2024Independent source · official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-26

Common questions

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

How many people live in Vouzela?

The published population was 10,564 people in 2021. Source: INE — Portal municipal (quadro).

How much does it cost to rent in Vouzela?

Average net cold rent is 5.69 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q1), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 398 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.ine.pt.

How safe is Vouzela?

Police recorded 2,590 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 Vouzela?

The unemployment rate is about 2 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

How many foreign residents live in Vouzela?

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

Is Vouzela a good place to live?

Vouzela 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 Vouzela?

The official country of birth distribution records 222 people (2.3%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Vouzela, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/vouzela/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_vouzela-portugal-rent-jobs-safety_5fa73120cb6a,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Vouzela, Portugal: rent, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/vouzela/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Sources

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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 VISEU (nº 560) 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
www.ine.pt ine.pt · checked 2026-08-26
Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15

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IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26
official validated air-quality station bulk; no exact target station-period input found aqportal.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-15

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