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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2010
Seasonal population AFTE (1)
Resident population No resident present Resident absent Total Population AFTE Population AFTE (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,619,337 195,425 -165,253 30,172 1,649,509 101.9
Salou 27,016 27,218 -2,933 24,285 51,301 189.9
Lloret de Mar 39,794 18,262 -2,387 15,875 55,669 139.9
Calafell 24,423 15,855 -2,883 12,972 37,395 153.1
Tarragona 140,184 22,196 -11,148 11,048 151,232 107.9
Cambrils 32,422 13,485 -3,273 10,212 42,634 131.5
Girona 96,236 17,802 -9,100 8,702 104,938 109.0
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,445 8,942 -961 7,981 18,426 176.4
Vendrell, el 36,068 10,563 -3,981 6,582 42,650 118.2
Cerdanyola del V. 58,407 15,126 -8,689 6,437 64,844 111.0
Blanes 40,010 9,336 -3,212 6,124 46,134 115.3
Calella 18,625 7,379 -1,593 5,786 24,411 131.1
Torroella de Montgrí 11,522 6,193 -813 5,380 16,902 146.7
Santa Susanna 3,308 5,796 -511 5,285 8,593 259.8
Cunit 12,464 7,167 -1,908 5,259 17,723 142.2
Tossa de Mar 5,976 5,411 -402 5,009 10,985 183.8
Torredembarra 15,406 6,631 -1,682 4,949 20,355 132.1
Lleida 137,387 14,636 -9,749 4,887 142,274 103.6
Calonge 10,789 5,921 -1,055 4,866 15,655 145.1
Martorell 26,815 8,116 -3,310 4,806 31,621 117.9
Roses 20,418 5,720 -1,143 4,577 24,995 122.4
Palafrugell 22,622 6,360 -1,794 4,566 27,188 120.2
Escala, l' 10,387 4,889 -652 4,237 14,624 140.8
Vila-seca 21,373 6,728 -2,498 4,230 25,603 119.8
Roda de Barà 6,232 4,544 -732 3,812 10,044 161.2
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 16, 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.