Statistics on Commuting for Non-University Studies. SY 2023/24

In the academic year 2023/2024, 1,230,655 enrolled non-university students studied and resided in Catalonia, of whom 81.6% (1,004,010) studied in the same municipality where they resided and 18.4% (226,645) studied in another municipality in Catalonia.

Among municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the percentage of students studying and residing in the same municipality is 92.3% As the size of the municipality decreased, this percentage decreased, thus in municipalities with less than 500 inhabitants this ratio is 21.8%. Among municipalities with a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants, Lleida and Barcelona are the ones that kept the highest percentage of resident students (96.7% and 96.5% respectively), followed by Tortosa (95.0%), Olot (94.5%) and La Seu d'Urgell (94.3%).

With regard to compulsory education, of the 797,850 students who followed primary education and compulsory secondary education, 87.5% studied in the municipality where they resided and 12.5% did so outside their municipality. Regarding primary education, the percentage of students who studied in the municipality where they resided was 89.7%, and 84.6% in compulsory secondary education. The counties with the highest percentage of students in compulsory education who studied and resided in the same municipality were El Barcelonès (94.5%) and El Montsià (92.3%).

With regard to post-compulsory education, of the 248,120 students enrolled in such schooling, 55.6% studied in the municipality where they resided and 44.4% did so outside their municipality. At the secondary school baccalaureate level, the number of resident students who studied in the same municipality (75.5%) was higher than at the intermediate vocational level (45.7%) and the advanced vocational level (38.2%). The counties with the highest percentage of post-compulsory education students who studied and resided in the same municipality were El Barcelonès (80.6%), El Segrià (69.7%), and El Tarragonès (60.9%). At the other extreme, the counties with the lowest percentage of students who studied and resided in the same municipality were La Terra Alta (17.2%), El Pallars Sobirà (15.8%) and Moianès (13.6%).

In the second cycle of early childhood education, of the 184,690 students enrolled in such schooling, 91.2% studied in the municipality where they resided.

For a detailed analysis of student mobility in all the municipalities of Catalonia, please refer to the Expansion Inter-municipal and Inter-county results.