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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2016
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,608,746 241,371 -155,642 85,729 1,694,475 105.3
Salou 26,386 26,126 -2,821 23,305 49,691 188.3
Lloret de Mar 37,042 20,185 -3,244 16,941 53,983 145.7
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,543 21,351 -8,610 12,741 70,284 122.1
Tarragona 131,094 21,067 -10,869 10,198 141,292 107.8
Cambrils 33,273 13,009 -4,074 8,935 42,208 126.9
Girona 98,255 18,146 -9,448 8,698 106,953 108.9
Calafell 24,289 10,943 -2,759 8,184 32,473 133.7
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,567 6,870 -1,032 5,838 16,405 155.2
Santa Susanna 3,323 6,378 -562 5,816 9,139 275.0
Vendrell, el 36,482 8,918 -3,481 5,437 41,919 114.9
Torroella de Montgrí 11,506 6,269 -990 5,279 16,785 145.9
Calella 18,317 6,949 -1,942 5,007 23,324 127.3
Tossa de Mar 5,498 5,201 -447 4,754 10,252 186.5
Blanes 39,060 8,273 -3,560 4,713 43,773 112.1
Prat de Llobregat, el 63,457 12,279 -7,658 4,621 68,078 107.3
Martorell 27,645 7,466 -3,193 4,273 31,918 115.5
Palafrugell 22,868 5,841 -1,664 4,177 27,045 118.3
Roses 19,438 5,876 -1,702 4,174 23,612 121.5
Calonge 10,709 5,329 -1,249 4,080 14,789 138.1
Mont-roig del Camp 11,521 5,062 -1,122 3,940 15,461 134.2
Vic 43,287 7,640 -3,804 3,836 47,123 108.9
Lleida 138,144 13,514 -9,706 3,808 141,952 102.8
Vila-seca 21,935 6,513 -2,879 3,634 25,569 116.6
Sant Cugat del Vallès 88,921 18,304 -14,788 3,516 92,437 104.0
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.