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Overcrowding rate by poverty status

Overcrowding rate. By sex 2023
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 9.0 7.6 16.9
Women 9.3 7.6 16.8
Total 9.1 7.6 16.8
Units: Percentatge.
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 2023
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 16.1 15.6 31.4
Women 14.6 13.5 28.0
Total 15.3 14.5 29.6
Units: Percentatge.
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 2023
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 7.6 5.7 14.3
Women 8.0 6.1 14.5
Total 7.8 5.9 14.4
Units: Percentatge.
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: February 26, 2024.

ECV

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Survey on Living Conditions (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).