Santa Cruz (Madeira)
City Statistics
Population
43 005
Area
81.5 km²
District
Madeira
NUTS II
Região Autónoma da Madeira
Category Breakdown
Performance across 6 scoring categories
People & Families
7.6 / 20
Economy & Jobs
8.7 / 20
Housing & Cost
5.8 / 20
Governance
8.8 / 20
Environment
6.5 / 20
News Radar
3.5 / 20
Top Scoring Drivers
Key indicators affecting this city's score
Population Sustainability Index
4.40
Data from 2024
P99
Working-Age Population (%)
70.3%
Data from 2024
P99
Elderly Population (%)
16.6%
Data from 2025
P98
Cinema Screens
0
Data from 2025
P0
Family Liveability Index
15.84
Data from 2026
P0
Days Since Last Article
110
Data from 2026
P1
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PDM — map and rules
Land classes, constraints and building rules for the concelho.
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City Strategy
Knowledge-base coverage
What a Foral Terra report for this municipality can decide today, and what it withholds.
Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%
- · Land applicability to be confirmed
- · Document available — needs validation
- · Missing document — Agricultural support
These open questions could change the conclusion.
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- · Missing document — Agriculture
- · Missing document — Commerce
- · Missing document — Equipment
- · Missing document — Housing extension
- · Missing document — New housing
- · Missing document — Housing reconstruction
- · Missing document — Industry
- · Missing document — Rural tourism in an existing building
- · Missing document — Tourist housing in an existing building
- · Missing document — New hotel
See sources and details
No published framework has been confirmed for any of the 11 menu operations.
Next scheduled review: 2027-01-16. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.
Per operation
- Agricultural support — Withheld
- Agriculture — Withheld
- Commerce — Withheld
- Equipment — Withheld
- Housing extension — Withheld
- New housing — Withheld
- Housing reconstruction — Withheld
- Industry — Withheld
- Rural tourism in an existing building — Withheld
- Tourist housing in an existing building — Withheld
- New hotel — Withheld
This municipality's own plan text
1 document version(s) with 112 citable provisions.
Withheld operations
Agricultural support, Agriculture, Commerce, Equipment, Housing extension, New housing, Housing reconstruction, Industry, Rural tourism in an existing building, Tourist housing in an existing building, New hotel
- · This release was assembled automatically and has not been reviewed by an operator.
- · Every operation is withheld for this municipality. A report would be produced with no verdicts, and nobody is charged for it.