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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population 2021
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,636,732 150,858 -126,975 23,883 1,660,615 101.5
Salou 28,512 11,820 -2,415 9,405 37,917 133.0
Tarragona 135,436 16,428 -8,715 7,713 143,149 105.7
Girona 101,932 14,852 -7,907 6,945 108,877 106.8
Lloret de Mar 38,402 8,198 -2,467 5,731 44,133 114.9
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,217 12,244 -6,660 5,584 62,801 109.8
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,532 11,541 -5,963 5,578 71,110 108.5
Castell-Platja d'Aro 11,455 5,812 -866 4,946 16,401 143.2
Cambrils 35,064 8,138 -3,227 4,911 39,975 114.0
Calafell 28,463 7,135 -2,444 4,691 33,154 116.5
Palafrugell 23,046 5,885 -1,308 4,577 27,623 119.9
Torroella de Montgrí 12,023 4,855 -827 4,028 16,051 133.5
Mont-roig del Camp 12,689 3,918 -929 2,989 15,678 123.6
Vendrell, el 38,891 5,789 -2,849 2,940 41,831 107.6
Calonge i Sant Antoni 11,484 3,901 -981 2,920 14,404 125.4
Blanes 40,274 5,656 -2,789 2,867 43,141 107.1
Tossa de Mar 5,930 3,165 -373 2,792 8,722 147.1
Martorell 28,667 5,270 -2,572 2,698 31,365 109.4
Lleida 140,080 10,679 -8,030 2,649 142,729 101.9
Castelló d'Empúries 11,154 3,239 -860 2,379 13,533 121.3
Vila-seca 22,522 4,562 -2,258 2,304 24,826 110.2
Escala, l' 10,497 3,171 -877 2,294 12,791 121.9
Roses 19,921 3,571 -1,348 2,223 22,144 111.2
Sant Cugat del Vallès 94,012 14,102 -12,124 1,978 95,990 102.1
Vic 47,319 4,939 -3,128 1,811 49,130 103.8
Source: Idescat. Seasonal population estimates (base 2016).
Notes:
(1) People in annual full time equivalents (AFTE).
(2) Population AFTE (%) = Population AFTE / Resident population x 100.

Last update: November 25, 2022.

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, etc.). Movements involving no overnight stays, except for reasons of work or study (for instance, leisure, shopping), have not been considered.

The seasonal population estimates are designed as a synthesised statistical activity that collects information from different sources, such as municipal population registers, population censuses, tourism statistics, employment statistics, education statistics, and statistics on the population's quality of life and habits. The sources are disaggregated in diverse ways to reflect time and territory, and results are generally not offered for the municipal level, for which reasons small area mathematical models and estimation methods need to be applied.

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.

Seasonal population estimates (base 2002) offer results for the period 2002-2014.

During these years, various methodological modifications have been introduced and the data for some years has been revised, so as to ensure temporal comparability. For more information, please refer to the methodology of the source in the table.

Idescat has incorporated improvements into the Seasonal Population Estimates and has established a new base (2016) which incorporates information derived from new statistics, primarily from those of Tourist Movement. With the aim of facilitating the comparability of data from 2016, Idescat has revised Estimates from 2015, in accordance with the criteria of this new 2016 base.

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 "..".