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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2009
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Salou 26,649 26,572 -2,973 23,599 50,248 188.6
Barcelona 1,621,537 188,537 -166,243 22,294 1,643,831 101.4
Lloret de Mar 39,363 18,264 -2,352 15,912 55,275 140.4
Calafell 24,265 15,866 -2,921 12,945 37,210 153.3
Tarragona 140,323 21,866 -11,334 10,532 150,855 107.5
Cambrils 31,720 13,446 -3,264 10,182 41,902 132.1
Girona 96,188 17,609 -9,087 8,522 104,710 108.9
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,376 8,978 -954 8,024 18,400 177.3
Cerdanyola del V. 58,747 15,681 -8,815 6,866 65,613 111.7
Vendrell, el 35,821 10,649 -4,041 6,608 42,429 118.4
Blanes 40,047 9,566 -3,221 6,345 46,392 115.8
Torroella de Montgrí 11,598 6,468 -814 5,654 17,252 148.7
Calella 18,627 7,186 -1,615 5,571 24,198 129.9
Cunit 12,279 7,114 -1,938 5,176 17,455 142.2
Tossa de Mar 5,948 5,481 -402 5,079 11,027 185.4
Santa Susanna 3,251 5,563 -511 5,052 8,303 255.4
Vila-seca 20,866 7,469 -2,474 4,995 25,861 123.9
Calonge 10,637 6,007 -1,043 4,964 15,601 146.7
Torredembarra 15,272 6,588 -1,694 4,894 20,166 132.0
Martorell 26,681 8,115 -3,339 4,776 31,457 117.9
Palafrugell 22,365 6,309 -1,779 4,530 26,895 120.3
Roses 20,197 5,556 -1,126 4,430 24,627 121.9
Escala, l' 10,140 4,928 -630 4,298 14,438 142.4
Lleida 135,919 13,786 -9,854 3,932 139,851 102.9
Roda de Barà 6,186 4,556 -739 3,817 10,003 161.7
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.