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Main homes. By type of ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Main homes. By type of ownership. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
Owned
Purchased Option to buy Inheritance or donation Total Rented Free Other types Total
Alt Camp 5,656 6,309 1,578 13,543 2,758 308 760 17,368
Alt Empordà 16,938 16,823 4,142 37,903 12,689 1,433 2,639 54,666
Alt Penedès 12,449 15,996 3,645 32,090 5,747 662 1,960 40,459
Alt Urgell 2,875 1,744 1,367 5,986 1,990 277 541 8,794
Alta Ribagorça 590 587 234 1,411 227 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 101 1,810
Anoia 14,474 18,000 3,077 35,551 6,516 1,017 1,999 45,084
Bages 24,053 24,128 5,145 53,326 12,768 1,268 3,491 70,852
Baix Camp 23,154 29,500 3,888 56,542 12,274 1,578 3,161 73,554
Baix Ebre 9,349 8,858 4,820 23,027 4,584 791 2,261 30,662
Baix Empordà 17,268 16,692 3,788 37,748 10,002 1,606 2,490 51,846
Baix Llobregat 109,301 123,619 9,405 242,325 42,467 4,349 10,598 299,739
Baix Penedès 12,074 18,150 1,931 32,155 5,025 796 1,763 39,738
Barcelonès 359,325 231,071 34,492 624,888 251,347 15,810 34,538 926,583
Berguedà 5,745 3,955 1,639 11,339 3,950 624 966 16,878
Cerdanya 2,184 1,545 780 4,509 2,287 400 469 7,665
Conca de Barberà 2,600 2,382 1,463 6,445 1,229 182 520 8,375
Garraf 18,062 23,980 2,425 44,467 10,078 1,761 2,349 58,654
Garrigues 2,465 1,824 1,971 6,260 831 184 520 7,795
Garrotxa 7,947 5,304 2,097 15,348 4,652 537 871 21,409
Gironès 21,782 24,128 3,401 49,311 16,285 1,249 2,550 69,395
Maresme 53,517 64,479 8,515 126,511 28,580 3,300 7,807 166,198
Montsià 7,162 9,758 4,282 21,202 4,271 541 1,439 27,453
Noguera 4,531 4,188 2,586 11,305 2,558 375 1,049 15,288
Osona 19,873 18,826 4,342 43,041 10,996 1,333 2,599 57,968
Pallars Jussà 2,141 1,200 917 4,258 927 196 257 5,639
Pallars Sobirà 941 798 479 2,218 621 75 269 3,183
Pla d'Urgell 4,128 4,967 2,047 11,142 1,386 367 815 13,712
Pla de l'Estany 4,359 3,484 1,037 8,880 1,526 317 491 11,214
Priorat 1,032 827 1,206 3,065 521 160 274 4,021
Ribera d'Ebre 2,742 2,292 2,000 7,034 1,175 262 556 9,027
Ripollès 4,007 2,523 1,040 7,570 2,505 359 466 10,900
Segarra 2,203 2,266 1,348 5,817 2,084 243 460 8,605
Segrià 26,746 28,733 6,183 61,662 14,978 1,791 3,119 81,550
Selva 20,640 23,759 3,654 48,053 14,783 1,237 2,595 66,666
Solsonès 1,441 1,308 578 3,327 1,428 180 328 5,262
Tarragonès 31,154 42,277 3,551 76,982 16,383 1,423 3,471 98,260
Terra Alta 1,356 751 1,797 3,904 356 109 275 4,645
Urgell 3,894 4,047 2,058 9,999 2,727 238 793 13,757
Val d'Aran 897 1,050 353 2,300 1,266 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 268 3,973
Vallès Occidental 118,081 146,031 12,774 276,886 44,646 4,339 11,718 337,589
Vallès Oriental 47,654 64,920 6,753 119,327 21,277 2,393 5,713 148,710
Catalonia 1,026,791 1,003,080 158,786 2,188,657 582,701 54,279 119,307 2,944,944
Metropolità 687,878 630,120 71,939 1,389,937 388,318 30,190 70,374 1,878,818
Comarques Gironines 92,942 92,715 19,158 204,815 62,442 6,738 12,101 286,095
Camp de Tarragona 63,596 81,294 11,687 156,577 33,165 3,650 8,186 201,578
Terres de l'Ebre 20,608 21,660 12,899 55,167 10,386 1,702 4,531 71,786
Ponent 43,968 46,026 16,193 106,187 24,564 3,200 6,757 140,707
Comarques Centrals 51,112 48,215 11,703 111,030 29,142 3,405 7,383 150,960
Alt Pirineu i Aran 9,628 6,924 4,129 20,681 7,319 1,158 1,906 31,063
Penedès 57,060 76,126 11,077 144,263 27,366 4,236 8,070 183,935
Barcelona 782,547 735,073 92,125 1,609,745 438,304 36,839 83,720 2,168,607
Girona 94,570 93,874 19,714 208,158 64,356 7,064 12,475 292,054
Lleida 53,396 53,029 20,430 126,855 31,465 4,228 8,632 171,180
Tarragona 96,278 121,104 26,517 243,899 48,576 6,148 14,480 313,103
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: February 10, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Main dwelling (census)
Family home used as a permanent or habitual residence. Also includes accommodation structures.

Methodological aspects

Knowledge of the number of inhabitants and their characteristics are realized through Housing census, which is conducted every 10 years in conjunction with the corresponding population censuses. The basic objective of the Housing census is to determine the number and the characteristics of existing dwellings on the census date of March 1 for the years 1981 and 1991 and November 1 for 2001 and 2011.

2011 data come from the sample of the Population and Housing Survey (EPH). The EPH is a sample survey conducted in order to determine the characteristics of persons and dwellings.

  • Family dwellings
    • Main dwellings
      • Conventional main dwellings
      • Accommodations
    • Non main dwellings
      • Secondary dwellings and other kind of non main dwellings (for example, dwellings designated for successive short-term rentals)
      • Empty dwellings
  • Collective dwellings

The Population and Housing Census 2011 includes data from a survey. The results have been conveniently rounded up and are shown without decimal points. Therefore, some totals might not coincide with the sum of the disaggregation.

The source of this information is the Population and Housing Census, which is carried out by the INE and, every ten years, provides information on the main characteristics of dwellings.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.