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Activity rate. By age groups. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Activity rate. By age groups. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
16-29 30-44 45-64 65 + Total
Alt Camp 74.6 90.7 78.1 4.6 66.5
Alt Empordà 70.3 90.1 77.7 4.7 65.7
Alt Penedès 69.4 93.2 76.3 4.7 67.6
Alt Urgell 65.0 90.5 78.0 5.8 63.1
Alta Ribagorça 66.9 96.6 73.5 10.5 67.9
Anoia 66.0 92.8 76.0 4.1 65.9
Bages 69.7 92.3 74.8 3.4 63.7
Baix Camp 67.9 92.3 77.3 5.1 67.5
Baix Ebre 61.0 89.6 73.2 5.2 59.7
Baix Empordà 64.5 91.7 79.1 5.2 65.2
Baix Llobregat 70.2 93.4 75.0 4.3 67.9
Baix Penedès 70.5 91.4 73.2 4.3 65.8
Barcelonès 67.5 91.6 77.2 4.8 63.1
Berguedà 70.9 92.1 70.0 2.5 58.6
Cerdanya 64.3 92.9 83.5 7.7 69.0
Conca de Barberà 65.4 92.8 76.4 5.4 62.3
Garraf 68.0 92.3 78.6 4.6 67.8
Garrigues 61.2 93.9 79.3 4.3 59.0
Garrotxa 63.3 90.9 78.5 4.9 62.5
Gironès 68.1 93.0 81.4 5.9 70.0
Maresme 67.9 93.0 78.1 4.6 67.5
Montsià 63.5 90.2 75.4 4.3 62.2
Noguera 64.6 88.9 76.6 4.8 60.8
Osona 65.8 91.7 77.7 4.6 65.0
Pallars Jussà 65.9 91.6 79.7 4.6 59.4
Pallars Sobirà 64.3 95.4 79.4 8.9 66.6
Pla d'Urgell 68.0 92.3 80.7 5.6 65.9
Pla de l'Estany 70.3 93.4 82.5 4.5 68.6
Priorat 59.1 93.2 76.1 3.0 57.7
Ribera d'Ebre 64.9 91.8 72.3 3.4 57.9
Ripollès 70.1 95.4 76.8 3.3 61.5
Segarra 60.1 94.1 80.5 5.3 66.0
Segrià 64.5 91.5 77.5 4.5 65.3
Selva 68.0 93.0 78.7 4.0 68.0
Solsonès 60.0 92.4 78.7 3.2 62.6
Tarragonès 67.1 91.0 75.8 5.2 67.2
Terra Alta 61.7 95.0 76.2 3.9 56.2
Urgell 65.9 89.4 79.2 5.0 63.4
Val d'Aran 48.0 91.1 76.7 8.5 65.6
Vallès Occidental 68.8 92.7 77.1 4.3 68.1
Vallès Oriental 70.4 94.0 78.6 4.5 69.8
Catalonia 67.9 92.3 77.1 4.6 65.7
Metropolità 68.4 92.5 77.0 4.6 65.7
Comarques Gironines 67.7 92.2 79.3 4.9 66.9
Camp de Tarragona 67.9 91.6 76.6 5.0 66.9
Terres de l'Ebre 62.5 90.4 74.1 4.5 60.2
Ponent 64.6 91.4 78.2 4.8 64.4
Comarques Centrals 67.9 92.1 75.5 3.7 63.6
Alt Pirineu i Aran 62.1 92.3 79.5 6.7 64.8
Penedès 68.3 92.5 76.3 4.4 66.8
Barcelona 68.4 92.5 76.9 4.5 65.7
Girona 67.6 92.2 79.4 4.9 67.0
Lleida 63.9 91.5 78.3 5.0 64.2
Tarragona 66.9 91.3 75.6 4.8 65.1
Units: Per cent.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Note: The Population and Housing Census 2011 includes survey data. The results have been conveniently rounded up and are shown without decimals. Hence, some totals may not coincide with the sum of their disaggregation.

Last update: June 30, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Activity rate
Ratio between the active population and the population aged 16 years or more.

Methodological aspects

The population census is defined as the series of operations that consist of collecting, summarizing, evaluating, analysing and publishing data of a demographic, cultural, economic and social nature of the country's inhabitants and its political-administrative divisions at a given point in time. This operation is aimed at persons residing in dwellings (whether family dwellings or accommodation) or in collective establishments (hotels, residences, nursing homes, etc.).

Censuses are exhaustive counts of the population and all respondents are required to answer them accurately. Censuses are protected and their data can only be disseminated as aggregate numerical information.

The questionnaires used in the various censuses and local censuses have not always included the same questions or the same items and, therefore, there may be variations from one year to another.

The Population and Housing Censuses 2011 are a state-wide statistical operation conducted by the National Statistical Institute (INE) and that is being undertaken for the first time by European mandate. The reference date is November 1, 2011. The Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat) has collaborated with the INE in the design phase of the project, supporting the communication campaign in Catalonia and participating in the treatment of information on certain census variables.

Data of the population by relationship with the activity are presented, which included information about the profession, the professional situation, the branch of activity and the activity sector. Furthermore, unpaid work data was also incorporated.

In the various statistical operations the item "employed" was not always the same. Comparability of data from the last two censuses is affected by the mismatch of the different options in response to the question regarding the activity; thus, in 2011 the options "household chores" and "receiving some kind of teaching and/or training" do not exist, as they are formulated in separate questions.

For the year 2011, the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCAE-2009) and the Catalan Classification of Occupations (CCO-2011) have been used.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".