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 Median age of resident population
Characteristic Description
Name Median age of resident population by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013) and Sex; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Annual estimates of resident population
First available period 2011
Last available period 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • 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).
  • MEDIAN AGE OF RESIDENT POPULATION:  Age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups, i.e., half of the people are younger than this age and half are older.
Formule

The median is that value of the variate which divides the total frequency into two halves. 50% of the scores are above and 50% are below that vale.

Measure unit (symbol) Year (Year)
Power of 10  0
Observations National Statistics System on Gender Equality
Last update date 09/07/2024


information presented in 17/7/2024