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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. 2022
AFTE seasonal population
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%)
Barcelona 1,636,193 247,105 -172,648 74,457 1,710,650 104.6
Salou 29,028 30,793 -2,936 27,857 56,885 196.0
Lloret de Mar 38,941 20,203 -3,304 16,899 55,840 143.4
Tarragona 134,883 23,771 -11,303 12,468 147,351 109.2
Girona 102,666 21,889 -9,890 11,999 114,665 111.7
Cambrils 35,675 15,583 -4,122 11,461 47,136 132.1
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,291 19,486 -8,073 11,413 68,704 119.9
Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró 11,757 9,844 -1,143 8,701 20,458 174.0
Roses 19,907 10,414 -1,713 8,701 28,608 143.7
Mont-roig del Camp 13,101 9,328 -1,256 8,072 21,173 161.6
Torroella de Montgrí 12,061 8,946 -1,046 7,900 19,961 165.5
Calafell 29,102 10,558 -3,139 7,419 36,521 125.5
Palafrugell 23,396 8,653 -1,760 6,893 30,289 129.5
Calonge i Sant Antoni 11,712 7,877 -1,298 6,579 18,291 156.2
Castelló d'Empúries 11,611 7,345 -1,116 6,229 17,840 153.6
Escala, l' 10,520 7,261 -1,109 6,152 16,672 158.5
Tossa de Mar 5,956 6,379 -517 5,862 11,818 198.4
Blanes 40,579 9,255 -3,629 5,626 46,205 113.9
Vila-seca 22,681 8,426 -2,831 5,595 28,276 124.7
Vendrell, el 39,072 9,231 -3,673 5,558 44,630 114.2
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,030 12,683 -7,511 5,172 70,202 108.0
Sitges 31,222 9,571 -4,539 5,032 36,254 116.1
Santa Susanna 3,755 5,486 -578 4,908 8,663 230.7
Calella 19,363 6,592 -2,009 4,583 23,946 123.7
Palamós 18,145 5,896 -1,663 4,233 22,378 123.3
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.