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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2007
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Salou 23,398 28,450 -2,822 25,628 49,026 209.5
Barcelona 1,595,110 193,723 -172,362 21,361 1,616,471 101.3
Lloret de Mar 34,997 21,037 -2,231 18,806 53,803 153.7
Calafell 21,871 16,720 -2,884 13,836 35,707 163.3
Tarragona 134,163 23,285 -11,509 11,776 145,939 108.8
Cambrils 29,112 14,850 -3,234 11,616 40,728 139.9
Girona 92,186 17,994 -9,289 8,705 100,891 109.4
Castell-Platja d'Aro 9,766 9,052 -976 8,076 17,842 182.7
Vendrell, el 33,340 11,134 -4,076 7,058 40,398 121.2
Blanes 38,368 10,169 -3,347 6,822 45,190 117.8
Cerdanyola del V. 57,758 16,031 -9,448 6,583 64,341 111.4
Calella 18,034 8,190 -1,735 6,455 24,489 135.8
Lleida 127,314 15,735 -9,527 6,208 133,522 104.9
Vila-seca 18,678 8,554 -2,395 6,159 24,837 133.0
Torroella de Montgrí 10,924 6,651 -820 5,831 16,755 153.4
Santa Susanna 3,019 6,310 -519 5,791 8,810 291.8
Torredembarra 14,524 7,279 -1,727 5,552 20,076 138.2
Cunit 11,102 7,307 -1,911 5,396 16,498 148.6
Roses 18,139 6,289 -1,082 5,207 23,346 128.7
Calonge 10,009 5,831 -1,072 4,759 14,768 147.5
Palafrugell 21,412 6,612 -1,862 4,750 26,162 122.2
Martorell 25,844 8,208 -3,551 4,657 30,501 118.0
Tossa de Mar 5,662 4,953 -405 4,548 10,210 180.3
Escala, l' 9,330 4,783 -617 4,166 13,496 144.7
Roda de Barà 5,586 4,729 -729 4,000 9,586 171.6
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.