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 Conventional dwellings of usual residence (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Conventional dwellings of usual residence (No.) by Geographic location at Census date [2021] (NUTS - 2024), Rooms size class and Size class of residents; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2021
First available period 2021
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic location at Census date [2021] (NUTS - 2024)
  • Rooms size class
  • Size class of residents
Concepts
  • 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).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • HOUSEHOL DWELLING OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Occupied household dwelling  that  is the usual or main residence of at least one household.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • DWELLING:  Separate and independent place which, by the way it was built, rebuilt, enlarged, transformed or is being used, is intended for housing with the condition that it is not being used for other purposes at the time of reference: by separate it is meant that it is surrounded by conventional walls or other type, is covered and allows a person or group of persons to sleep, prepare meals or shelter from the weather separately from other members of the community; by independent it is meant that its occupants do not have to cross other accommodations to enter or leave the accommodation where they live.
  • RESIDENT IN THE DWELLING:  Person who is present at the accommodation in the reference period and the accommodation is his/her main residence or, if he/she is absent, he/she does not permanently occupy any other accommodation.
  • DIVISÃO:  Espaço num alojamento delimitado por paredes tendo pelo menos 4 m2 de área e 2 metros de altura, na sua maior parte. Podendo embora satisfazer as condições definidas, não são considerados como tal corredores, varandas, marquises, casas de banho, despensas, vestíbulos e a cozinha se tiver menos de 4 m2.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Contagem
Last update date 10/04/2024


information presented in 18/5/2024