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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2011
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,615,448 205,090 -152,949 52,141 1,667,589 103.2
Salou 26,193 29,275 -2,616 26,659 52,852 201.8
Lloret de Mar 40,282 18,737 -2,388 16,349 56,631 140.6
Tarragona 134,085 23,487 -10,237 13,250 147,335 109.9
Calafell 24,984 15,976 -2,749 13,227 38,211 152.9
Cambrils 33,008 13,854 -3,155 10,699 43,707 132.4
Cerdanyola del Vallès 58,247 17,552 -8,062 9,490 67,737 116.3
Girona 96,722 18,061 -8,600 9,461 106,183 109.8
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,420 8,905 -880 8,025 18,445 177.0
Vendrell, el 36,453 10,321 -3,756 6,565 43,018 118.0
Blanes 39,834 9,290 -2,941 6,349 46,183 115.9
Calella 18,694 7,867 -1,523 6,344 25,038 133.9
Lleida 138,416 15,335 -9,228 6,107 144,523 104.4
Torroella de Montgrí 11,385 6,711 -740 5,971 17,356 152.4
Torredembarra 15,461 6,843 -1,679 5,164 20,625 133.4
Cunit 12,551 6,829 -1,775 5,054 17,605 140.3
Calonge 10,761 5,774 -971 4,803 15,564 144.6
Martorell 27,457 7,982 -3,213 4,769 32,226 117.4
Santa Susanna 3,317 5,252 -502 4,750 8,067 243.2
Tossa de Mar 5,917 4,962 -362 4,600 10,517 177.7
Roses 19,731 5,410 -995 4,415 24,146 122.4
Vila-seca 21,839 6,803 -2,420 4,383 26,222 120.1
Palafrugell 22,816 6,016 -1,636 4,380 27,196 119.2
Escala, l' 10,554 4,707 -607 4,100 14,654 138.8
Prat de Llobregat, el 63,499 11,371 -7,275 4,096 67,595 106.5
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: November 4, 2015.

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.