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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2015
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,604,555 236,697 -149,484 87,213 1,691,768 105.4
Salou 26,459 24,189 -2,792 21,397 47,856 180.9
Lloret de Mar 37,618 19,509 -3,165 16,344 53,962 143.4
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,413 20,520 -8,319 12,201 69,614 121.3
Tarragona 131,255 19,934 -10,722 9,212 140,467 107.0
Girona 97,586 17,951 -9,044 8,907 106,493 109.1
Cambrils 32,915 12,638 -3,970 8,668 41,583 126.3
Calafell 24,256 10,831 -2,714 8,117 32,373 133.5
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,589 7,073 -999 6,074 16,663 157.4
Vendrell, el 36,558 9,002 -3,442 5,560 42,118 115.2
Santa Susanna 3,275 5,791 -542 5,249 8,524 260.3
Torroella de Montgrí 11,388 6,156 -952 5,204 16,592 145.7
Blanes 39,132 8,402 -3,442 4,960 44,092 112.7
Tossa de Mar 5,623 5,213 -440 4,773 10,396 184.9
Calella 18,226 6,480 -1,859 4,621 22,847 125.4
Martorell 27,694 7,657 -3,086 4,571 32,265 116.5
Palafrugell 22,733 6,128 -1,601 4,527 27,260 119.9
Roses 19,575 6,026 -1,642 4,384 23,959 122.4
Calonge 10,520 5,530 -1,182 4,348 14,868 141.3
Mont-roig del Camp 11,877 5,168 -1,129 4,039 15,916 134.0
Lleida 138,542 13,279 -9,552 3,727 142,269 102.7
Vila-seca 22,332 6,581 -2,877 3,704 26,036 116.6
Prat de Llobregat, el 63,014 10,955 -7,348 3,607 66,621 105.7
Vic 42,498 7,206 -3,618 3,588 46,086 108.4
Escala, l' 10,276 4,639 -1,074 3,565 13,841 134.7
Source: Idescat. Seasonal population estimates (base 2016).
Notes:
AFTE seasonal population: People in annual full time equivalents (AFTE).
AFTE population (%): Population AFTE (%) = Population AFTE / Resident population x 100.

Last update: November 23, 2017.

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.