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Overcrowding rate by poverty status

Overcrowding rate. By sex 2021
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 8.8 6.5 17.4
Women 7.8 6.2 16.9
Total 8.3 6.4 17.1
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overcrowding rate (under 60% of the median income per unit of consumption). By sex 2021
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 22.4 15.0 30.1
Women 16.3 12.7 27.4
Total 19.2 13.8 28.6
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overcrowding rate (over 60% of the median income per unit of consumption). By sex 2021
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 5.4 4.3 14.9
Women 5.7 4.4 14.6
Total 5.5 4.3 14.8
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: June 29, 2022. Revised series on October 10, 2022.

Statistics ECV

Methodological note

The indicator measures the share of people living in overcrowded conditions in Catalonia. A person is considered to be living in an overcrowded household if the house does not have at least one room for the entire household as well as a room for a couple, for each single person above 18, for a pair of teenagers (12 to 17 years of age) of the same sex, for each teenager of different sex and for a pair of children (under 12 years of age).