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 Resident population (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Resident population (No.) by Place of residence at Census date [2021] (NUTS - 2013), Sex, Age group and Highest completed level of education; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2021
First available period 2021
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence at Census date [2021] (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Highest completed level of education
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:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • COMPLETE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:  Higher level of education that has been successfully completed, or for which equivalence has been obtained, and which confers a certificate or diploma.
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Place in which a person normally spends the daily period of rest (regardless of temporary absences for purposes of leisure, holiday, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment, or others) and where the person lives or intends to live for the most part of the year, taking the last 12 months as reference.
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference .
Formule Count
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 23/11/2022


information presented in 5/5/2024