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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2014
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,602,386 215,909 -151,152 64,757 1,667,143 104.0
Salou 26,558 27,247 -2,624 24,623 51,181 192.7
Lloret de Mar 38,624 18,488 -2,075 16,413 55,037 142.5
Calafell 24,333 14,779 -2,647 12,132 36,465 149.9
Cambrils 33,301 15,137 -3,155 11,982 45,283 136.0
Tarragona 132,199 22,047 -10,266 11,781 143,980 108.9
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,402 17,841 -7,853 9,988 67,390 117.4
Girona 97,227 17,474 -8,542 8,932 106,159 109.2
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,721 8,976 -902 8,074 18,795 175.3
Calella 18,307 7,504 -1,488 6,016 24,323 132.9
Lleida 139,176 15,180 -9,223 5,957 145,133 104.3
Vendrell, el 36,719 9,649 -3,710 5,939 42,658 116.2
Torroella de Montgrí 11,381 6,211 -751 5,460 16,841 148.0
Blanes 39,293 8,223 -2,893 5,330 44,623 113.6
Santa Susanna 3,293 5,655 -506 5,149 8,442 256.4
Vila-seca 21,923 7,240 -2,401 4,839 26,762 122.1
Cunit 11,989 6,342 -1,639 4,703 16,692 139.2
Torredembarra 15,475 6,257 -1,569 4,688 20,163 130.3
Tossa de Mar 5,681 5,030 -353 4,677 10,358 182.3
Martorell 27,895 7,744 -3,212 4,532 32,427 116.2
Roses 19,600 5,302 -1,007 4,295 23,895 121.9
Calonge 10,541 5,203 -945 4,258 14,799 140.4
Escala, l' 10,143 4,826 -569 4,257 14,400 142.0
Palafrugell 22,763 5,851 -1,648 4,203 26,966 118.5
Prat de Llobregat, el 62,866 11,074 -7,084 3,990 66,856 106.3
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.