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People and new homes in São Roque do Pico

In 2025 the population grew by 83 while 13 homes were finished: 6.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
6.4
Population change, 2025
+83

Population change and homes finished in São Roque do Pico

The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. INE.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
202583
202463
202329
202261
202192

Homes finished

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YearHomes finished
202513
202411
20239
202223
20219

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes finished
2021+104−12+929
2022+70−9+6123
2023+42−13+299
2024+81−18+6311
2025+100−17+8313

Population change is INE's net migration plus births minus deaths, by municipality since 2021. Homes finished are dwellings completed in new buildings. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

Other reports for São Roque do Pico

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €144,900. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €550 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
23%
Payment, one income
45%

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: São Roque do Pico has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning a 90 m² home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the median sale price. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€559
Owning per month
€497

13.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
27
Per 1,000 residents
7.6

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: São Roque do Pico has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.8%

11.9% of the 2,298 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.9%
Empty homes
273

In 2025, 13% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
13%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Data: INE, ECB and others · updated October 27, 2026

Asking prices and bank valuations are not sale prices. This is a description of public data, not financial advice.

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