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Resident student population. Journeys. By means of transports. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Resident student population. Journeys. By means of transport. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
Cars/vans
Driver Passenger Bus/coach minibus Metro Motorbike On foot Train Bicycle Others Commuting Not applicable Non-commuting Resident employed population
Alt Camp 812 1,726 1,382 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 334 3,297 273 126 74 7,775 567 1,250 9,591
Alt Empordà 1,723 5,006 4,439 76 805 10,557 787 1,031 440 23,685 2,275 3,838 29,797
Alt Penedès 1,450 3,914 3,724 154 410 8,696 930 313 349 19,053 1,077 3,246 23,376
Alt Urgell 265 731 562 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,436 52 106 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3,177 410 286 3,872
Alta Ribagorça .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 153 101 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 230 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 567 101 40 709
Anoia 1,814 5,650 4,855 234 782 9,277 896 530 475 23,200 1,426 3,315 27,941
Bages 2,521 7,796 5,091 157 1,212 14,593 1,039 675 727 32,226 1,984 4,886 39,096
Baix Camp 4,417 7,603 5,112 222 1,113 17,891 939 1,058 772 37,527 2,609 5,799 45,936
Baix Ebre 1,680 2,888 1,489 78 563 5,532 588 431 385 13,077 1,749 2,826 17,652
Baix Empordà 1,941 5,446 3,587 183 721 9,891 474 632 432 22,336 1,659 3,356 27,350
Baix Llobregat 11,922 27,906 24,198 6,770 4,704 71,333 6,993 3,285 3,327 152,981 6,789 20,477 180,247
Baix Penedès 1,407 3,593 3,197 458 564 7,623 847 405 428 17,547 1,390 2,864 21,801
Barcelonès 20,383 41,574 50,392 56,831 12,125 179,655 8,343 9,112 6,961 366,327 19,918 48,187 434,433
Berguedà 635 1,374 801 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 164 2,260 165 102 132 5,469 748 1,301 7,517
Cerdanya 171 741 580 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 127 1,032 69 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 65 2,803 482 480 3,765
Conca de Barberà 336 581 612 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 93 1,401 54 91 92 3,154 516 577 4,248
Garraf 2,334 5,108 4,382 529 777 12,196 1,599 850 579 27,218 1,498 3,556 32,273
Garrigues 272 608 552 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 64 1,193 42 49 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 2,726 313 374 3,413
Garrotxa 841 2,258 1,740 41 352 4,043 202 248 238 9,663 812 1,072 11,546
Gironès 2,772 7,519 6,208 120 1,225 17,099 1,005 1,120 528 36,454 2,006 4,289 42,750
Maresme 7,075 17,362 11,969 1,419 2,590 37,760 5,160 1,717 1,965 82,468 4,822 11,526 98,816
Montsià 1,349 2,361 1,493 162 406 5,570 211 313 261 11,587 1,114 1,824 14,525
Noguera 613 1,435 927 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 232 2,866 193 118 109 6,281 603 807 7,690
Osona 2,451 6,925 4,379 165 811 12,049 738 789 479 27,485 2,556 4,594 34,635
Pallars Jussà 158 356 316 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 817 103 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,769 321 517 2,608
Pallars Sobirà 121 192 355 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 318 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 67 1,164 141 149 1,453
Pla d'Urgell 517 1,475 1,198 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 166 2,578 103 123 162 6,153 638 878 7,668
Pla de l'Estany 491 1,108 1,386 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 381 1,952 95 221 175 5,580 618 944 7,142
Priorat 138 256 399 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 41 491 42 24 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,382 132 220 1,733
Ribera d'Ebre 374 877 603 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,650 86 47 56 3,585 530 414 4,529
Ripollès 337 747 675 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 128 1,576 112 76 77 3,632 419 456 4,507
Segarra 355 757 744 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 163 1,989 109 77 79 4,172 418 505 5,095
Segrià 3,292 7,311 6,671 208 1,258 17,310 712 682 721 36,875 2,284 4,958 44,118
Selva 2,897 6,040 4,412 217 1,069 15,155 1,025 561 648 31,020 1,697 4,394 37,111
Solsonès 246 693 437 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 772 87 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 80 2,351 261 309 2,921
Tarragonès 5,211 9,583 7,280 296 1,231 21,058 1,218 1,092 1,298 46,306 3,994 6,823 57,123
Terra Alta 98 214 357 24 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 690 32 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,411 275 369 2,055
Urgell 511 1,188 986 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 245 3,225 156 214 90 6,433 615 765 7,812
Val d'Aran 357 247 300 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 500 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,521 266 338 2,125
Vallès Occidental 14,308 34,165 26,507 2,884 6,229 82,616 9,436 4,087 3,959 175,755 8,565 23,280 207,600
Vallès Oriental 6,679 19,683 11,248 1,244 2,020 32,250 4,130 1,868 1,452 75,938 4,067 11,284 91,289
Catalonia 105,312 245,149 205,643 73,011 43,351 622,426 49,169 32,363 27,919 1,339,833 82,665 187,370 1,609,868
Metropolità 60,367 140,689 124,313 69,148 27,669 403,614 34,063 20,070 17,664 853,470 44,161 114,754 1,012,385
Comarques Gironines 11,002 28,125 22,447 720 4,680 60,272 3,700 3,890 2,538 132,370 9,486 18,348 160,203
Camp de Tarragona 10,914 19,749 14,785 591 2,812 44,137 2,526 2,391 2,255 96,145 7,818 14,668 118,631
Terres de l'Ebre 3,501 6,341 3,942 279 1,044 13,442 917 805 728 29,660 3,667 5,433 38,761
Ponent 5,559 12,773 11,078 380 2,127 29,162 1,316 1,262 1,196 62,639 4,870 8,287 75,796
Comarques Centrals 5,852 16,788 10,707 388 2,252 29,674 2,029 1,603 1,418 67,530 5,549 11,089 84,168
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,111 2,419 2,213 130 235 4,333 347 245 290 11,001 1,722 1,809 14,532
Penedès 7,005 18,265 16,157 1,375 2,532 37,792 4,272 2,098 1,830 87,019 5,391 12,982 105,392
Barcelona 71,592 171,456 147,567 70,441 31,828 462,682 39,436 23,316 20,415 988,144 53,448 135,681 1,177,274
Girona 11,087 28,719 22,891 754 4,800 61,238 3,750 3,947 2,582 134,702 9,859 18,644 163,204
Lleida 6,812 15,291 13,261 489 2,303 33,304 1,694 1,499 1,511 73,636 6,482 10,080 90,197
Tarragona 15,822 29,683 21,924 1,328 4,420 65,202 4,290 3,601 3,411 143,352 12,875 22,966 179,193
Units: People travelling.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Note: The Population and Housing Census 2011 includes survey data. The results have been conveniently rounded up and are shown without decimals. Hence, some totals may not coincide with the sum of their disaggregation.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 30, 2014.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The data from the population census concerning the location of economic activity of the employed population on the location of the student population place of study allows for knowing the commuting for the population by comparing the place of work/study with the place of residence of the workers and students. The population census also examines mobility characteristics like transport means used, number of trips and their duration, while connecting these variables to demographic and economic characteristics.

The reference population for the study of commuting to work reasons is the resident employed population (REP), which is comprised of all employed residents, including both those working outside and within the resident area. The same analysis applies to both the resident student population (RSP).

The unit of analysis in the statistics of commuting are those persons who are residents of Catalonia that are working and residents of Catalonia that are studying. In the 2001 and 2011, when a person was both studying and working they only had to answer questions about mobility related to work. This criteria is not maintained in earlier years.

With respect to age, all editions of the statistics include all people that work or study, with the exception of 2001, which only included information on the population aged 16 years and over.

In the 2001 and el 2011 censuses, part of the working and student population did not have to answer the specific questions on mobility in the census questionnaire and were therefore excluded from the analysis. These were people that:

  • Do not travel because they work or study at home.
  • Work or study in different municipalities, about which only the city of residence is known, but not the work or study city.
  • Have a second residence from which they travel to work or study, about which only the municipality of residence, work or study are known, but the municipality of the second home from which they commute is not available.

Questions about the means of transport have differed across the different editions. In the 2001 and 2011 censuses the data collection categories were modified and it was possible to answer with up to two possibilities in reference to longer journeys.

The 2001 and 2011 censuses asked about the number of journeys per day, which corresponded to the outward journey and the return journey, as well as the journey time from home to the place of work or study. These two variables were absent in the previous editions.

The following categories are defined:

  • Residents that work inside area/Resident students that study inside area: Persons that work/study in the same geographic area in which they reside.
  • Residents that work out-of-area/Resident students that study out-of-area: Resident persons in the selected geographic area that work/study in a different area.
  • Non-residents that work inside area/Non Resident students that study inside area: Persons that work/study in the selected geographic area but reside outside of this area.
  • Resident employed/student population (REP and RSP): Resident employed/Student population = Residents that work inside area/Students that study inside area + Residents that work out-of-area/Students that study out-of-area + employed/students that commute to several municipalities.
  • Located places of work/study (LPW and LPS): = Residents that work inside area/Students that study inside area + Non-residents that work inside area/Non-resident students that study inside area.
  • Difference: The difference between the number of located places of work/study and the resident employed/student population by geographic area.
  • Non-commuting: Works or studies at home.
  • Not applicable: Works or studies in several municipalities, has a second residence at the place of work or study or did not answer this question.
  • Means of transport: In car or van as driver. In car or van as passenger. In bus, coach or minibus. In metro. On motorbike. Walking. On train. On bicycle. Other means.

The Population and Housing Census 2011 includes survey data. The results have been conveniently rounded up and are shown without decimals. Hence, some totals may not coincide with the sum of their disaggregation.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".