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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates (base 2021). Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2021
AFTE seasonal population
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%)
Barcelona 1,636,732 172,433 -150,539 21,894 1,658,626 101.3
Salou 28,512 16,247 -2,651 13,596 42,108 147.7
Girona 101,932 18,229 -8,747 9,482 111,414 109.3
Tarragona 135,436 18,824 -9,832 8,992 144,428 106.6
Lloret de Mar 38,402 11,360 -2,783 8,577 46,979 122.3
Cambrils 35,064 10,546 -3,515 7,031 42,095 120.1
Palafrugell 23,046 8,049 -1,498 6,551 29,597 128.4
Castell-Platja d'Aro 11,455 7,418 -961 6,457 17,912 156.4
Torroella de Montgrí 12,023 6,927 -927 6,000 18,023 149.9
Calafell 28,463 8,158 -2,678 5,480 33,943 119.3
Roses 19,921 6,935 -1,512 5,423 25,344 127.2
Mont-roig del Camp 12,689 6,178 -1,033 5,145 17,834 140.5
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,532 11,601 -6,635 4,966 70,498 107.6
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,217 12,138 -7,246 4,892 62,109 108.5
Calonge i Sant Antoni 11,484 5,946 -1,075 4,871 16,355 142.4
Castelló d'Empúries 11,154 5,488 -952 4,536 15,690 140.7
Escala, l' 10,497 5,229 -963 4,266 14,763 140.6
Tossa de Mar 5,930 4,557 -421 4,136 10,066 169.7
Vendrell, el 38,891 7,090 -3,170 3,920 42,811 110.1
Blanes 40,274 6,942 -3,121 3,821 44,095 109.5
Sitges 30,217 7,733 -3,939 3,794 34,011 112.6
Palamós 18,196 4,534 -1,462 3,072 21,268 116.9
Vila-seca 22,522 5,493 -2,444 3,049 25,571 113.5
Begur 4,039 3,009 -431 2,578 6,617 163.8
Pals 2,516 2,883 -337 2,546 5,062 201.2
Source: Idescat. Estimacions de població estacional (base 2021).
Notes:
AFTE seasonal population: People in annual full time equivalents (AFTE).
AFTE population (%): Population AFTE (%) = Population AFTE / Resident population x 100.

Last update: May 16, 2024.

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, habitatges d'ús turístic, etc.). S'han considerat els moviments sense pernoctació per raó de treball i estudis, i en la base 2021 també per turisme. En canvi, no s'han considerat els moviments sense pernoctació per altres motius (per exemple, lleure, compres o visites mèdiques).

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.