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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2006
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Salou 22,162 29,240 -2,615 26,625 48,787 220.1
Lloret de Mar 32,728 21,429 -2,063 19,366 52,094 159.2
Barcelona 1,605,602 183,489 -168,916 14,573 1,620,175 100.9
Calafell 20,521 16,084 -2,629 13,455 33,976 165.6
Cambrils 27,848 14,976 -3,024 11,952 39,800 142.9
Tarragona 131,158 22,526 -10,946 11,580 142,738 108.8
Castell-Platja d'Aro 9,768 8,712 -975 7,737 17,505 179.2
Girona 89,890 16,572 -8,883 7,689 97,579 108.6
Vendrell, el 31,953 10,771 -3,795 6,976 38,929 121.8
Cerdanyola del V. 57,959 15,859 -9,261 6,598 64,557 111.4
Vila-seca 17,305 8,537 -2,165 6,372 23,677 136.8
Calella 17,673 7,861 -1,659 6,202 23,875 135.1
Lleida 125,677 15,187 -9,114 6,073 131,750 104.8
Blanes 37,819 9,346 -3,289 6,057 43,876 116.0
Torroella de Montgrí 10,588 6,767 -791 5,976 16,564 156.4
Cunit 10,033 7,067 -1,684 5,383 15,416 153.7
Torredembarra 14,044 6,987 -1,630 5,357 19,401 138.1
Santa Susanna 2,939 5,676 -494 5,182 8,121 276.3
Roses 17,173 5,979 -1,018 4,961 22,134 128.9
Calonge 9,458 5,660 -1,007 4,653 14,111 149.2
Tossa de Mar 5,414 5,014 -381 4,633 10,047 185.6
Martorell 26,170 8,095 -3,522 4,573 30,743 117.5
Palafrugell 21,307 6,343 -1,840 4,503 25,810 121.1
Escala, l' 8,795 4,607 -580 4,027 12,822 145.8
Roda de Barà 5,196 4,363 -664 3,699 8,895 171.2
Source: Idescat. Seasonal population estimates (base 2002).
Notes:
AFTE seasonal population: People in annual full time equivalents (AFTE).
AFTE population (%): Population AFTE (%) = Population AFTE / Resident population x 100.

Last update: April 13, 2012.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

AFTE seasonal population
The result of the balance between entries of population not resident in the municipality and exits of population resident in the municipality, measured as an annual average number of people per day (annual full time equivalents).
AFTE population
Population resident in a municipality, measured as the annual average of people per day (annual full time equivalents). It is the equivalent to the sum of the resident population and the entries of non resident population in the municipality minus the exits of the population resident in the municipality.
Resident population
Registered population in the municipality.

Methodological aspects

The Seasonal population estimates constitute an estimation of the population burdens supported by each municipality and measure the number of people there are in a municipality as a yearly average and a quarterly average. The calculation includes people that have some sort of association or relation with the municipality, whether that is because they reside there, work there, study there or despite not having their regular residence there, spend some period of time there (holidays, summer breaks, weekends, etc.), either in their own homes or in those of friends and family or in tourist establishments (hotels, campsites, apartments, tourist accommodations, etc.). Movements without overnight stays due to work and studies are considered, and also due to tourism in the base 2021. In contrast, movements without overnight stays for other reasons (such as leisure, shopping or medical visits) are not considered.

The measurement unit for seasonal population estimates are annual full time equivalents. Every day that a person is present in a municipality equates to 1/365 annual full time equivalents (AFTE). So, for example, a person who spends a week's holiday in a municipality equates to 0.02 AFTE.

The conceptual framework for the seasonal population estimates includes four variables. On the one hand, the AFTE population and the seasonal AFTE population measure the resident population along with flows in and out of the municipality. On the other, the AFTE resident plus visitor population and the resident plus visitor population measure the resident population and only the flows into the municipality.

In 2022, Idescat improved the estimate of the seasonal population. The territorial disaggregation was expanded to offer results for all municipalities with 1,000 inhabitants and over (either registered or AFTE population). An estimate of overnight stays in tourist accommodations and an estimate of hikers for tourist purposes have been added. A new base 2021 has been established to collect these methodological changes.

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