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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2019
AFTE seasonal population (1)
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%) (2)
Barcelona 1,636,762 257,990 -166,357 91,633 1,728,395 105.6
Salou 27,476 26,173 -3,140 23,033 50,509 183.8
Lloret de Mar 38,373 19,798 -3,493 16,305 54,678 142.5
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,403 21,305 -8,996 12,309 69,712 121.4
Tarragona 134,515 21,641 -11,604 10,037 144,552 107.5
Girona 101,852 20,168 -10,361 9,807 111,659 109.6
Calafell 26,538 10,274 -3,212 7,062 33,600 126.6
Cambrils 33,898 11,299 -4,421 6,878 40,776 120.3
Prat de Llobregat, el 64,599 14,486 -8,205 6,281 70,880 109.7
Castell-Platja d'Aro 10,860 7,362 -1,108 6,254 17,114 157.6
Santa Susanna 3,446 6,333 -610 5,723 9,169 266.1
Torroella de Montgrí 11,645 6,637 -1,060 5,577 17,222 147.9
Calella 19,069 7,625 -2,130 5,495 24,564 128.8
Lleida 138,956 14,830 -10,052 4,778 143,734 103.4
Blanes 39,028 8,262 -3,767 4,495 43,523 111.5
Tossa de Mar 5,683 4,914 -490 4,424 10,107 177.8
Roses 19,550 6,225 -1,804 4,421 23,971 122.6
Sant Cugat del Vallès 91,006 20,205 -15,884 4,321 95,327 104.7
Calonge i Sant Antoni 11,092 5,511 -1,377 4,134 15,226 137.3
Palafrugell 22,974 5,914 -1,787 4,127 27,101 118.0
Vendrell, el 37,606 7,957 -3,833 4,124 41,730 111.0
Martorell 28,189 7,420 -3,474 3,946 32,135 114.0
Mont-roig del Camp 12,136 5,188 -1,260 3,928 16,064 132.4
Escala, l' 10,339 4,578 -1,187 3,391 13,730 132.8
Vic 46,214 7,598 -4,218 3,380 49,594 107.3
Source: Idescat. Seasonal population estimates (base 2016).
Notes:
AFTE seasonal population: People in annual full time equivalents (AFTE).
AFTE population (%): Population AFTE (%) = Population AFTE / Resident population x 100.

Last update: November 25, 2020.

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.