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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2018
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,620,343 253,445 -171,674 81,771 1,702,114 105.0
Salou 26,775 27,366 -3,070 24,296 51,071 190.7
Lloret de Mar 37,350 19,251 -3,456 15,795 53,145 142.3
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,740 21,605 -9,240 12,365 70,105 121.4
Tarragona 132,299 21,974 -11,824 10,150 142,449 107.7
Girona 100,266 19,817 -10,496 9,321 109,587 109.3
Cambrils 33,362 12,957 -4,407 8,550 41,912 125.6
Calafell 25,444 10,628 -3,094 7,534 32,978 129.6
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,585 7,763 -1,116 6,647 17,232 162.8
Torroella de Montgrí 11,537 6,967 -1,074 5,893 17,430 151.1
Santa Susanna 3,381 6,316 -606 5,710 9,091 268.9
Calella 18,728 7,627 -2,107 5,520 24,248 129.5
Tossa de Mar 5,584 5,557 -500 5,057 10,641 190.6
Blanes 38,790 8,808 -3,779 5,029 43,819 113.0
Prat de Llobregat, el 64,132 13,270 -8,248 5,022 69,154 107.8
Vendrell, el 37,153 8,751 -3,837 4,914 42,067 113.2
Calonge i Sant Antoni 10,897 5,999 -1,369 4,630 15,527 142.5
Roses 19,319 6,314 -1,820 4,494 23,813 123.3
Palafrugell 22,860 6,242 -1,798 4,444 27,304 119.4
Mont-roig del Camp 11,809 5,318 -1,246 4,072 15,881 134.5
Martorell 27,850 7,445 -3,445 4,000 31,850 114.4
Escala, l' 10,417 5,119 -1,216 3,903 14,320 137.5
Sant Cugat del Vallès 90,664 20,036 -16,153 3,883 94,547 104.3
Lleida 137,856 14,386 -10,534 3,852 141,708 102.8
Vila-seca 22,107 6,827 -3,134 3,693 25,800 116.7
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 20, 2019.

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.