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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2013
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,611,822 209,464 -154,056 55,408 1,667,230 103.4
Salou 26,752 28,573 -2,617 25,956 52,708 197.0
Lloret de Mar 40,803 18,617 -2,465 16,152 56,955 139.6
Calafell 24,563 15,918 -2,676 13,242 37,805 153.9
Tarragona 133,545 21,871 -10,495 11,376 144,921 108.5
Cambrils 33,775 14,247 -3,170 11,077 44,852 132.8
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,642 17,447 -7,780 9,667 67,309 116.8
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,765 9,529 -924 8,605 19,370 179.9
Girona 97,292 17,339 -8,792 8,547 105,839 108.8
Vendrell, el 36,747 10,263 -3,735 6,528 43,275 117.8
Calella 18,469 7,828 -1,466 6,362 24,831 134.4
Torroella de Montgrí 11,472 6,398 -750 5,648 17,120 149.2
Blanes 39,660 8,355 -2,928 5,427 45,087 113.7
Cunit 12,416 6,893 -1,731 5,162 17,578 141.6
Torredembarra 15,354 6,769 -1,706 5,063 20,417 133.0
Santa Susanna 3,325 5,532 -501 5,031 8,356 251.3
Lleida 139,809 14,530 -9,516 5,014 144,823 103.6
Vila-seca 21,689 7,069 -2,359 4,710 26,399 121.7
Martorell 28,108 7,832 -3,210 4,622 32,730 116.4
Tossa de Mar 5,910 4,997 -375 4,622 10,532 178.2
Calonge 10,596 5,386 -959 4,427 15,023 141.8
Roses 19,891 5,241 -1,013 4,228 24,119 121.3
Escala, l' 10,513 4,790 -608 4,182 14,695 139.8
Palafrugell 22,942 5,755 -1,669 4,086 27,028 117.8
Roda de Berà 6,394 4,730 -658 4,072 10,466 163.7
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: 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.