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Overcrowding rate by poverty status

Overcrowding rate. By sex 2016
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 5.0 5.3 18.0 (e) Estimated value
Women 5.6 5.5 17.7 (e) Estimated value
Total 5.3 5.4 17.9 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overcrowding rate (under 60% of the median income per unit of consumption). By sex 2016
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 14.7 12.3 32.4 (e) Estimated value
Women 15.4 13.0 30.8 (e) Estimated value
Total 15.1 12.7 31.5 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overcrowding rate (over 60% of the median income per unit of consumption). By sex 2016
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 2.8 3.3 15.1 (e) Estimated value
Women 3.2 3.4 14.8 (e) Estimated value
Total 3.0 3.3 15.0 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: January 15, 2021. Revised series on May 4, 2023.

ECV

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Survey on Living Conditions (ECV).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the share of people living in overcrowded conditions in Catalonia. A person is considered to be living in an overcrowded household if the house does not have at least one room for the entire household as well as a room for a couple, for each single person above 18, for a pair of teenagers (12 to 17 years of age) of the same sex, for each teenager of different sex and for a pair of children (under 12 years of age).