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 Conventional dwellings of usual residence (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Conventional dwellings of usual residence (No.) by Geographic localization (at the date of Census 2011), Rooms size class, Dimension (households in living quarter) and Dimension (private household); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2011
First available period 2011
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (at the date of Census 2011)
  • Rooms size class
  • Dimension (households in living quarter)
  • Dimension (private household)
Concepts
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  A group of people residing in the same housing unit who are related to each other (by law or "de facto"). They may occupy all or part of the housing unit. A private household is also considered to be any independent person occupying a part or all of a housing unit.
  • HOUSEHOLD DWELLING :  Dwelling that is normally intended to accommodate only one family, on the condition that it is not being used for other purposes at the period of reference.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • ROOM:  Space in a housing unit that is enclosed by walls and is at least 4 m2 in area and mostly 2 metres high. Space in a dwelling that is enclosed by walls and is at least 4 m2 in area and mostly 2 metres high. Although meeting the conditions laid down, corridors, balconies, verandas, marquees, bathrooms, pantries, hallways, and the kitchen if less than 4 m2 are not considered as such.
  • CONVENTIONAL DWELLING:  Dwelling consisting on a room or suite of rooms and its accessories in a permanent building or structurally separated part thereof, having a separate access to a street (direct or via a garden or grounds) or to a common space within the building (staircase, passage, gallery and so on).
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Living quarter that is the residence of at least one household for most of the year or to which the household has transferred all or most of its belongings.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Contagem
Last update date 20/11/2012


information presented in 16/7/2024