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Dwellings. By type. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Dwellings. By types. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia. 2021
Main conventional family dwellings Non-main conventional family dwellings Main conventional family dwellings Non-conventional family dwellings (accommodations) Total family dwellings Collective dwellings
Alt Camp 17,334 9,236 26,570 0 26,570 15
Alt Empordà 55,419 62,795 118,214 2 118,216 256
Alt Penedès 41,779 12,281 54,060 0 54,060 30
Alt Urgell 8,446 6,198 14,644 0 14,644 5
Alta Ribagorça 1,733 2,664 4,397 0 4,397 1
Anoia 46,854 13,587 60,441 0 60,441 32
Aran 4,327 7,810 12,137 0 12,137 5
Bages 70,290 19,939 90,229 0 90,229 83
Baix Camp 75,760 50,105 125,865 0 125,865 55
Baix Ebre 30,679 24,913 55,592 0 55,592 20
Baix Empordà 53,610 62,737 116,347 0 116,347 30
Baix Llobregat 308,968 35,232 344,200 0 344,200 232
Baix Penedès 44,303 43,913 88,216 0 88,216 19
Barcelonès 914,260 159,871 1,074,131 0 1,074,131 1,745
Berguedà 16,300 8,329 24,629 0 24,629 17
Cerdanya 7,843 13,502 21,345 0 21,345 5
Conca de Barberà 7,904 5,419 13,323 0 13,323 11
Garraf 60,686 21,789 82,475 0 82,475 54
Garrigues 7,580 4,927 12,507 0 12,507 9
Garrotxa 22,253 6,131 28,384 0 28,384 104
Gironès 71,104 17,620 88,724 0 88,724 55
Maresme 173,557 41,744 215,301 0 215,301 147
Moianès 5,465 2,826 8,291 0 8,291 13
Montsià 26,929 19,944 46,873 0 46,873 19
Noguera 14,897 8,241 23,138 0 23,138 18
Osona 60,196 14,260 74,456 0 74,456 76
Pallars Jussà 5,664 6,328 11,992 0 11,992 16
Pallars Sobirà 3,189 5,251 8,440 0 8,440 2
Pla d'Urgell 13,689 4,263 17,952 0 17,952 12
Pla de l'Estany 11,675 2,837 14,512 0 14,512 25
Priorat 3,854 3,743 7,597 0 7,597 2
Ribera d'Ebre 8,682 5,381 14,063 0 14,063 6
Ripollès 10,617 8,415 19,032 0 19,032 12
Segarra 8,473 3,935 12,408 0 12,408 8
Segrià 80,655 23,357 104,012 0 104,012 109
Selva 68,045 36,915 104,960 0 104,960 35
Solsonès 5,317 3,605 8,922 0 8,922 4
Tarragonès 103,074 66,105 169,179 0 169,179 214
Terra Alta 4,325 2,976 7,301 0 7,301 2
Urgell 14,007 6,732 20,739 0 20,739 19
Vallès Occidental 347,282 47,379 394,661 0 394,661 313
Vallès Oriental 152,333 22,535 174,868 0 174,868 116
Catalunya 2,989,357 925,770 3,915,127 2 3,915,129 3,951
Metropolità 1,898,027 307,810 2,205,837 0 2,205,837 2,558
Comarques Gironines 292,723 197,450 490,173 2 490,175 517
Camp de Tarragona 207,926 134,608 342,534 0 342,534 297
Terres de l'Ebre 70,615 53,214 123,829 0 123,829 47
Ponent 139,301 51,455 190,756 0 190,756 175
Comarques Centrals 157,984 49,068 207,052 0 207,052 190
Alt Pirineu i Aran 31,202 41,753 72,955 0 72,955 34
Penedès 191,579 90,412 281,991 0 281,991 133
Barcelona 2,197,826 399,220 2,597,046 0 2,597,046 2,858
Girona 298,924 208,497 507,421 2 507,423 522
Lleida 169,763 86,318 256,081 0 256,081 208
Tarragona 322,844 231,735 554,579 0 554,579 363
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.

Last update: October 30, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Vacant Dwellings
Habitatge que no està ocupat, disponible per a venda o lloguer, o fins i tot abandonat. En censos anteriors es denominaven vacants.
Family dwelling
Habitatge destinat a ser habitat per una o diverses persones, no necessàriament unides per parentiu, que no constitueixen un col·lectiu. Dins d'aquest concepte es poden distingir els habitatges principals, els habitatges secundaris i els habitatges buits (en censos anteriors es denominaven vacants)
Main dwelling
Habitatge familiar els ocupants del qual l'utilitzen com a residència habitual. Els habitatges principals poden ser convencionals (es troben en edificis) o allotjaments. Els allotjaments són habitatges familiars que presenten la particularitat de ser mòbils, semipermanents o improvisats, o bé que no ha estat concebuts al principi amb finalitats residencials però, no obstant això, constitueix la residència d'una o diverses persones en el moment del cens.
Secondary dwelling
Habitatge destinat a ser ocupat només ocasionalment (per exemple durant les vacances o caps de setmana) o a utilitzar-se de manera continuada i no estacional, però sense ser residència habitual (per exemple per a lloguers successius de curta durada).

Methodological aspects

Knowledge of the number of inhabitants and their characteristics are realized through Housing census, which is conducted every 10 years in conjunction with the corresponding population censuses. The basic objective of the Housing census is to determine the number and the characteristics of existing dwellings on the census date of March 1 for the years 1981 and 1991 and November 1 for 2001 and 2011.

2011 data come from the sample of the Population and Housing Survey (EPH). The EPH is a sample survey conducted in order to determine the characteristics of persons and dwellings.

  • Family dwellings
    • Main dwellings
      • Conventional main dwellings
      • Accommodations
    • Non main dwellings
      • Secondary dwellings and other kind of non main dwellings (for example, dwellings designated for successive short-term rentals)
      • Empty dwellings
  • Collective dwellings

The Population and Housing Census 2011 includes data from a survey. The results have been conveniently rounded up and are shown without decimal points. Therefore, some totals might not coincide with the sum of the disaggregation.

The source of this information is the Population and Housing Census, which is carried out by the INE and, every ten years, provides information on the main characteristics of dwellings.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.