Where to live in Vila Nova de Gaia if you work from home

Ranking of Vila Nova de Gaia's 24 areas with CityPulse's “Working from home” profile. What matters most: public green space, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: low.

What is the best area of Vila Nova de Gaia to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Madalena (60), Canidelo (54) and Arcozelo (50).

Vila Nova de Gaia areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Madalena	60 · good	Public green space
2	Canidelo	54 · fair	Services on foot
3	Arcozelo	50 · fair	Public green space
4	Santa Marinha	45 · fair	Services on foot
5	São Félix da Marinha	44 · fair	Public green space
6	Perosinho	38 · poor	Tree canopy
7	Seixezelo	38 · poor	Tree canopy
8	Avintes	38 · poor	Tree canopy
9	Lever	37 · poor	Tree canopy
10	Vilar do Paraíso	37 · poor	Public green space
11	Gulpilhares	36 · poor	Public green space
12	São Pedro da Afurada	36 · poor	Public green space
13	Serzedo	36 · poor	Tree canopy
14	Canelas	36 · poor	Tree canopy
15	Pedroso	36 · poor	Tree canopy
16	Olival	35 · poor	Tree canopy
17	Vilar de Andorinho	35 · poor	Public green space
18	Grijó	34 · poor	Tree canopy
19	Crestuma	34 · poor	Tree canopy
20	Sermonde	34 · poor	Tree canopy
21	Mafamude	33 · poor	Public green space
22	Valadares	33 · poor	Services on foot
23	Oliveira do Douro	32 · poor	Public green space
24	Sandim	25 · poor	Tree canopy

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are the freguesias, the municipality's civil parishes, with OpenStreetMap boundaries: each hexagon goes to the parish containing its centre, and those with few residents are merged into their neighbours. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-06. Method and sources