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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2012
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,620,943 206,851 -154,102 52,749 1,673,692 103.3
Salou 26,601 28,954 -2,638 26,316 52,917 198.9
Lloret de Mar 40,837 18,015 -2,422 15,593 56,430 138.2
Calafell 24,672 16,109 -2,732 13,377 38,049 154.2
Tarragona 133,954 22,545 -10,417 12,128 146,082 109.1
Cambrils 33,535 14,096 -3,198 10,898 44,433 132.5
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,892 18,052 -7,861 10,191 68,083 117.6
Girona 97,198 17,898 -8,712 9,186 106,384 109.5
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,527 9,601 -898 8,703 19,230 182.7
Vendrell, el 36,647 10,283 -3,782 6,501 43,148 117.7
Calella 18,529 7,975 -1,483 6,492 25,021 135.0
Blanes 39,785 8,837 -2,916 5,921 45,706 114.9
Torroella de Montgrí 11,494 6,664 -746 5,918 17,412 151.5
Roses 19,896 6,482 -999 5,483 25,379 127.6
Lleida 139,834 14,760 -9,428 5,332 145,166 103.8
Tossa de Mar 5,952 5,623 -370 5,253 11,205 188.3
Torredembarra 15,310 6,932 -1,716 5,216 20,526 134.1
Cunit 12,626 6,993 -1,787 5,206 17,832 141.2
Santa Susanna 3,338 5,463 -502 4,961 8,299 248.6
Calonge 10,851 5,723 -971 4,752 15,603 143.8
Martorell 28,070 7,872 -3,228 4,644 32,714 116.5
Vila-seca 22,052 6,938 -2,435 4,503 26,555 120.4
Palafrugell 22,880 5,993 -1,649 4,344 27,224 119.0
Escala, l' 10,508 4,842 -596 4,246 14,754 140.4
Prat de Llobregat, el 63,162 11,085 -7,088 3,997 67,159 106.3
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: 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.