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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2005
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Salou 20,139 28,096 -2,286 25,810 45,949 228.2
Lloret de Mar 29,445 20,383 -1,786 18,597 48,042 163.2
Barcelona 1,593,075 174,462 -158,099 16,363 1,609,438 101.0
Calafell 18,905 15,632 -2,332 13,300 32,205 170.4
Cambrils 26,209 14,303 -2,759 11,544 37,753 144.0
Tarragona 128,152 21,524 -10,162 11,362 139,514 108.9
Girona 86,672 15,897 -8,152 7,745 94,417 108.9
Castell-Platja d'Aro 9,239 8,046 -898 7,148 16,387 177.4
Cerdanyola del V. 57,114 15,690 -8,894 6,796 63,910 111.9
Vendrell, el 30,225 10,206 -3,446 6,760 36,985 122.4
Calella 16,927 8,209 -1,527 6,682 23,609 139.5
Vila-seca 15,875 8,500 -1,904 6,596 22,471 141.5
Torroella de Montgrí 10,228 6,720 -736 5,984 16,212 158.5
Lleida 124,709 14,434 -8,546 5,888 130,597 104.7
Blanes 36,711 8,474 -3,101 5,373 42,084 114.6
Torredembarra 13,280 6,731 -1,483 5,248 18,528 139.5
Cunit 9,017 6,664 -1,458 5,206 14,223 157.7
Roses 15,535 5,799 -893 4,906 20,441 131.6
Martorell 25,766 8,157 -3,370 4,787 30,553 118.6
Santa Susanna 2,868 4,895 -470 4,425 7,293 254.3
Tossa de Mar 5,260 4,684 -355 4,329 9,589 182.3
Palafrugell 20,509 5,960 -1,713 4,247 24,756 120.7
Calonge 9,162 4,899 -952 3,947 13,109 143.1
Escala, l' 8,311 4,329 -532 3,797 12,108 145.7
Roda de Barà 4,547 4,271 -585 3,686 8,233 181.1
Source: Idescat. Seasonal population estimates (base 2002).
Notes:
AFTE seasonal population: People in annual full time equivalents (AFTE).
AFTE population (%): Population AFTE (%) = Population AFTE / Resident population x 100.

Last update: April 13, 2012.

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, tourist accommodations, etc.). Movements without overnight stays due to work and studies are considered, and also due to tourism in the base 2021. In contrast, movements without overnight stays for other reasons (such as leisure, shopping or medical visits) are not considered.

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.