Areeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈɾjɐjɾu]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and typical quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.

[1][2] Located in the ancient parish of Alto do Pina there are the ruins of the vacation house of the consort king of Portugal Ferdinand II.

The former parish of São João de Deus was extensively urbanized during the Estado Novo, becoming a favorite for the upper-middle and upper classes.

Among the architects involved are some of the most famous names in architecture from the first half and mid-20th century in Portugal: In 1959 both São João de Deus and Alto do Pina were amongst the 12 parishes created by the administrative reform of the city of Lisbon on February 7, 1959.

[3] For the new parish of São João de Deus, the symbols chosen were:[4] The opinion was issued by the Heraldic Commission of the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists on March 25, 1996, in accordance with Law No.

This freguesia was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon, merging the former parishes of Alto do Pina and São João de Deus.

[5] The resident population recorded according to Censuses carried over the years is shown in the following tables for the two parishes that today constitute Areeiro.

Religion in Areeiro (Census 2021)[9] The parish is predominantly catholic and 67.99% of the population aged 15 or above are followers of a Christian or Jeovah's Witness denomination as of 2021.

[10] The presence of minor religions such as Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism (4.05% of the population amongst the three) is probably due to an increasing community of people coming from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Nepal.

Of those with recent migrant background, 23.03% were Portuguese nationals returning from a period of emigration abroad.

Those coming from countries hosting large Portuguese emigrant communities such as France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg or Belgium (724 people) have mostly entered Portugal after 1991 (72.24%), probably due to the development of the Portuguese economy since its accession to the EU.

[18] In 2021 the unemployment rate in the parish is slightly lower than the one recorded for Lisbon and for Portugal as a whole, standing at 7.31%.

[30] It is nonetheless important to notice that the value of the rents is quite low because of many contracts stipulated decades ago, with 13.38% (25.34% in Lisbon) of the dwellers paying less than €150/month[31] because of the rent-freezing system that was adopted in Portugal in the late XX century, allowing that many people, now mostly elders, don't have to pay high rents.

[55] The parish is nonetheless actively promoting initiatives aiming at helping people in situation of permanent of temporal homelessness.