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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2008
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Salou 25,754 28,124 -2,997 25,127 50,881 197.6
Barcelona 1,615,908 189,586 -170,206 19,380 1,635,288 101.2
Lloret de Mar 37,734 20,324 -2,323 18,001 55,735 147.7
Calafell 22,939 15,942 -2,914 13,028 35,967 156.8
Tarragona 137,536 22,783 -11,463 11,320 148,856 108.2
Cambrils 30,956 14,268 -3,318 10,950 41,906 135.4
Girona 94,484 17,808 -9,207 8,601 103,085 109.1
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,150 9,233 -971 8,262 18,412 181.4
Cerdanyola del V. 58,493 16,146 -9,260 6,886 65,379 111.8
Vendrell, el 34,931 10,936 -4,125 6,811 41,742 119.5
Blanes 39,107 9,781 -3,274 6,507 45,614 116.6
Calella 18,615 8,002 -1,724 6,278 24,893 133.7
Santa Susanna 3,119 6,244 -520 5,724 8,843 283.5
Torroella de Montgrí 11,441 6,438 -831 5,607 17,048 149.0
Vila-seca 20,039 7,981 -2,477 5,504 25,543 127.5
Calonge 10,428 6,274 -1,067 5,207 15,635 149.9
Torredembarra 15,056 6,902 -1,731 5,171 20,227 134.3
Cunit 11,730 7,099 -1,949 5,150 16,880 143.9
Lleida 131,731 14,797 -9,706 5,091 136,822 103.9
Palafrugell 22,109 6,648 -1,839 4,809 26,918 121.8
Martorell 26,169 8,170 -3,468 4,702 30,871 118.0
Roses 19,463 5,791 -1,123 4,668 24,131 124.0
Tossa de Mar 5,845 4,968 -404 4,564 10,409 178.1
Escala, l' 9,829 4,772 -629 4,143 13,972 142.2
Roda de Barà 6,002 4,550 -753 3,797 9,799 163.3
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.