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 Resident population (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Resident population (No.) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2011), Sex and Migrations (Relating to 31/12/2005); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2011
First available period 2011
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Freguesia - at the time of the 2011 Census)
  • Sex
  • Migrations (Relating to 31/12/2005)
Concepts
  • MIGRATION:  The movement of people across a specified boundary for the purpose of temporarily or permanently changing his or her place of residence. Divided into international migration (migration between countries) and internal migration (migration within a country).
  • 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:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
Formule Count
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 20/11/2012


information presented in 7/5/2024