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Main homes. By type of ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Main homes. By type of ownership. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia. 2021
Owned Rented Other Total
Alt Camp 13,407 2,787 1,140 17,334
Alt Empordà 35,502 14,148 5,769 55,419
Alt Penedès 29,802 8,001 3,978 41,778
Alt Urgell 5,295 2,226 927 8,448
Alta Ribagorça 1,149 363 222 1,731
Anoia 33,480 8,838 4,536 46,854
Aran 2,619 1,164 546 4,326
Bages 48,531 15,708 6,048 70,290
Baix Camp 55,731 15,030 4,998 75,759
Baix Ebre 23,397 4,998 2,286 30,678
Baix Empordà 36,180 11,967 5,466 53,610
Baix Llobregat 232,407 56,613 19,950 308,967
Baix Penedès 33,030 8,178 3,093 44,301
Barcelonès 579,027 266,268 68,961 914,259
Berguedà 10,614 3,627 2,058 16,302
Cerdanya 4,407 2,421 1,014 7,842
Conca de Barberà 6,135 1,113 654 7,902
Garraf 41,358 13,881 5,448 60,684
Garrigues 5,385 1,272 924 7,578
Garrotxa 15,288 4,911 2,052 22,251
Gironès 47,829 18,825 4,446 71,103
Maresme 121,971 36,792 14,793 173,556
Moianès 3,573 1,254 639 5,466
Montsià 20,382 4,461 2,088 26,931
Noguera 10,215 3,057 1,626 14,898
Osona 41,292 13,005 5,898 60,195
Pallars Jussà 3,657 1,308 699 5,664
Pallars Sobirà 1,884 885 417 3,189
Pla d'Urgell 9,957 2,445 1,284 13,689
Pla de l'Estany 8,382 2,379 915 11,673
Priorat 2,829 600 426 3,852
Ribera d'Ebre 6,642 1,269 768 8,682
Ripollès 7,281 2,259 1,077 10,617
Segarra 5,601 1,989 879 8,475
Segrià 57,807 17,127 5,721 80,655
Selva 46,497 15,312 6,237 68,046
Solsonès 3,399 1,302 618 5,319
Tarragonès 73,878 22,422 6,774 103,074
Terra Alta 3,360 534 432 4,323
Urgell 9,804 2,895 1,308 14,007
Vallès Occidental 256,428 69,285 21,570 347,283
Vallès Oriental 111,183 29,355 11,793 152,334
Catalunya 2,066,591 692,285 230,481 2,989,357
Metropolità 1,302,075 458,694 137,259 1,898,028
Comarques Gironines 196,962 69,801 25,962 292,725
Camp de Tarragona 151,977 41,955 13,992 207,927
Terres de l'Ebre 53,784 11,262 5,571 70,614
Ponent 98,769 28,788 11,745 139,302
Comarques Centrals 107,769 34,908 15,303 157,983
Alt Pirineu i Aran 19,008 8,367 3,825 31,203
Penedès 136,245 38,505 16,830 191,580
Barcelona 1,509,646 522,538 165,642 2,197,826
Girona 200,314 71,841 26,769 298,924
Lleida 117,840 36,509 15,414 169,763
Tarragona 238,791 61,397 22,656 322,844
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.

Last update: October 30, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Main dwelling (census)
Family home used as a permanent or habitual residence. Also includes accommodation structures.

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.