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 Persons (No.) in Households
Characteristic Description
Name Persons (No.) in Households by Place of residence at Census date [2021] (NUTS - 2024), Sex, Size class of number of active persons and Type of private household (Based on age structure - Census 2021); 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 - 2024)
  • Sex
  • Size class of number of active persons
  • Type of private household (Based on age structure - Census 2021)
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.
  • 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.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  Group of persons who has their usual residence in the housing unit or the independent person occupying a housing unit.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 10/04/2024


information presented in 18/5/2024