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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2017
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,620,809 249,173 -164,060 85,113 1,705,922 105.3
Salou 26,233 28,726 -2,914 25,812 52,045 198.4
Lloret de Mar 36,878 19,259 -3,319 15,940 52,818 143.2
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,723 21,794 -8,837 12,957 70,680 122.4
Tarragona 131,507 21,791 -11,254 10,537 142,044 108.0
Girona 99,013 19,586 -9,914 9,672 108,685 109.8
Cambrils 32,855 13,629 -4,196 9,433 42,288 128.7
Calafell 24,898 11,673 -2,937 8,736 33,634 135.1
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,593 7,725 -1,077 6,648 17,241 162.8
Torroella de Montgrí 11,516 6,866 -1,028 5,838 17,354 150.7
Calella 18,481 7,869 -2,018 5,851 24,332 131.7
Santa Susanna 3,352 6,428 -585 5,843 9,195 274.3
Vendrell, el 36,568 9,461 -3,666 5,795 42,363 115.8
Blanes 38,813 8,846 -3,651 5,195 44,008 113.4
Tossa de Mar 5,542 5,511 -475 5,036 10,578 190.9
Prat de Llobregat, el 63,897 12,831 -7,966 4,865 68,762 107.6
Palafrugell 22,725 6,435 -1,720 4,715 27,440 120.7
Roses 19,216 6,519 -1,739 4,780 23,996 124.9
Calonge i Sant Antoni 10,804 5,745 -1,305 4,440 15,244 141.1
Sant Cugat del Vallès 89,516 19,774 -15,320 4,454 93,970 105.0
Lleida 137,327 14,431 -10,016 4,415 141,742 103.2
Escala, l' 10,407 5,211 -1,171 4,040 14,447 138.8
Mont-roig del Camp 11,597 5,287 -1,189 4,098 15,695 135.3
Vic 43,964 8,014 -3,963 4,051 48,015 109.2
Martorell 27,681 7,343 -3,313 4,030 31,711 114.6
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 22, 2018.

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.