According to recent data from Pordata, approximately 12.1% of homes in Portugal are currently unoccupied.
This figure, which was based on the 2021 Census, indicates that 4,042 out of a total of 5,859,540 homes in the country are currently empty.
The data also shows that 70% of homes in Portugal are occupied by their owners, while temporary structures made up 6,612 of the total number of homes in the country in 2011.
These figures represent a slight decrease from the 12.5% of unoccupied homes recorded in 2011.